Santiago, Lilia Quindoza

Sexuality and the Filipina / Lilia Quindoza Santiago - viii, 248 pages

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gender relations and sexuality among indigenous filipinos : The body as colony: sexuality and colonization -- Pepay: the female as subversive and revolutionary -- Revolts from hymen: filipinas writing the body and self -- Sexuality and narrativity in the philippine context -- Myths and tales : Creation and peopling of the earth (nabaloi) -- The legend of malway and dalidali (mangyan) -- The creation (visayan) -- The sulo myth of creation -- The creation of the universe (bukidnon) -- The star girls (igorot) -- The two wives and the witch (hiligaynon) -- The girl who turned into a fish (sagada, igorot) -- Ill-natured and good-natured girl (ilianen-manobo) -- The faithful lovers (maranao) -- A story of the orphan girl (subanon) -- Bakiwos and the woman who had warts (buyag na butingin) (mandaya) -- The origin of tapuy (benguet) -- Aran, the first woman (benguet) -- Short stories : Ay,ay! -- Ang inapi -- Sila, isang hapon -- Ang kasal nina ka amante at ka laura -- A tale of two witches -- Menapause -- Ang himas ni ricardo -- Desire -- Fairy tale for the city -- Testimonials and other narratives : The invisible ceiling -- Motherhood statements -- Out with it: my coming-out story -- Family life within the movement.

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Women--Philippines--Social conditions
Sex role
Sex customs



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