VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era

VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era

This essay explores the trope of the vaginal economy that is proliferated in the political economy and nature of Philippine migration. The vaginal economy is both receptacle and symptom of Philippine development. It represents the discourse through cinema, and historicizes the primal debate in the M...

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Main Author: Rolando B. Tolentino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Philippines 2010-12-01
Series:Humanities Diliman
Subjects:
feminism
Philippine cinema
vaginal economy
post-Marcos
postBrocka
bomba films
Online Access:http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/1988
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spelling doaj-23dd97938f16437e94fbcd90b5a564152020-11-24T23:09:18ZengUniversity of the PhilippinesHumanities Diliman1655-15322010-12-017295114VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka EraRolando B. TolentinoThis essay explores the trope of the vaginal economy that is proliferated in the political economy and nature of Philippine migration. The vaginal economy is both receptacle and symptom of Philippine development. It represents the discourse through cinema, and historicizes the primal debate in the Marcos and Brocka contestation for image-building of the nation. Primarily through the sex-oriented (bomba) films and their permutations in the various political life of the contemporary nation, the vaginal economy is historicized even in the after-life of the post-Marcos and post-Brocka era.http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/1988feminismPhilippine cinemavaginal economypost-MarcospostBrockabomba films
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VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era
Humanities Diliman
feminism
Philippine cinema
vaginal economy
post-Marcos
postBrocka
bomba films
author_facet Rolando B. Tolentino
author_sort Rolando B. Tolentino
title VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era
title_short VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era
title_full VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era
title_fullStr VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era
title_full_unstemmed VAGINAL ECONOMY: Cinema and Globalization in the Post-Marcos Post-Brocka Era
title_sort vaginal economy: cinema and globalization in the post-marcos post-brocka era
publisher University of the Philippines
series Humanities Diliman
issn 1655-1532
publishDate 2010-12-01
description This essay explores the trope of the vaginal economy that is proliferated in the political economy and nature of Philippine migration. The vaginal economy is both receptacle and symptom of Philippine development. It represents the discourse through cinema, and historicizes the primal debate in the Marcos and Brocka contestation for image-building of the nation. Primarily through the sex-oriented (bomba) films and their permutations in the various political life of the contemporary nation, the vaginal economy is historicized even in the after-life of the post-Marcos and post-Brocka era.
topic feminism
Philippine cinema
vaginal economy
post-Marcos
postBrocka
bomba films
url http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/1988
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