Migration and Masquerade: Gender and Habitus in the Philippines.

McKay

Abstract

Globalization recreates translocalities from what were previously imagined as isolated, peripheral communities. In the Philippines, a remote indigenous community incorporates new practices of gender brought by female circular migrants from urban 'abroad'. Women 'doing gender' at a village fair map a novel habitus, reshaping senses of self and place. Their performances of gender mark changes in everyday gender practices and the lived experiences of locality.

Citation

McKay. (2001). Migration and Masquerade: Gender and Habitus in the Philippines

• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2001
• Journal: Geography Research Forum
• Print ISSN: 0333-5275
• Pages: 44 - 56
• Keywords: habitus, gender, translocality, globalization, cultural aspects, migration, domestic work