Reproductive Dilemmas in Metro Manila : Faith, Intimacies and Globalization.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Reproductive Dilemmas: Global and Intimate Lives in the Philippines -- The Philippines' Reproductive Health Law -- Activists and Scholars Tackling the 'RH Law' Debate -- Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Politics -- Filipino Feminism and Religion -- Globalized Intimacies and  Transformations of Social Life -- Reproductive Politics and the "Global" -- "Intimate Economies" and Reproductive Dilemmas in the Philippines -- Feminist Methodology and Global Ethnography in Metro Manila and Cavite -- Class, Citizenship, and Mobility -- Urban (Metro Manila) Versus Port-Rural (Cavite) Sites -- Social Capital and "Kuwentuhan" -- Studying Reproduction and Intimacies Using "Global Ethnography" -- Organization of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Histories: Religion, Revolutions, and Global Restructuring -- The Philippine Church's Role in People Power (1986) and People Power II (2001) -- Cory, the Church, and "People Power II" -- "Erap", the Church, and "People Power II" -- Macapagal and Marcos Era Economics: Paving the Way for Global Restructuring in the Philippines -- Labor Export Policies and Overseas Migration, and Remittances -- Gender and Neoliberal Economic Policies in the Philippines -- Religion and State Powers: Impacts on Reproductive Politics in the Philippines -- The Introduction of the "RH Bill" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: "The Middle" and the "Masipag": Ideas on Faith, Family, and Responsibility -- "Liberation" from the Church: Reminiscing on the Passing of the RH Law -- "Fake" Catholics and "Cowards": Contesting Binaries of Faith and Politics -- "Machismo", Transnational Families, and the Imagined Filipino Family -- Moral and Economic Crisis: "Anti RH" Sentiments and Neoliberal Ideology -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 4: Beyond the Metropolis: Reproduction and Remittances in the Probinsya -- "Iba na talaga dito" ("It Really Is Different Here Now"): Cavite's Rural-Industrial Landscape -- (Un)Changing Gender Ideologies in Changing Landscapes -- The Compound in Imus: Gender and Overseas Remittances -- The Division of Household Labor, and the Presence/Absence of the Males -- Women as OFWs and Gendered Remittance Arrangements -- Parreñas' "Gender Ideological Clash": Motherhood and Overseas Employment -- Reproductive Dilemmas in the Compound: Interactions Between Intimate Lives and the Global -- Angeline and Tomas -- Karen -- Vhon and Elena -- A Gender Divide in Reproductive Health Decision-Making -- "Intimate Mobilities" and "Negotiated Migration" -- "Religion Is Always There, It Never Goes Away" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Choosing Between "Life" and Livelihoods -- Meeting Maria -- "3G Cities": Quezon City as the Next "Global Growth Generator" -- Informal Settlements and "Flexibilized" Labor -- Reproduction in the Peripheries: The Day of "Kuwentuhan" -- Nearing the May 2013 Elections and the White and Purple Vote Movements -- Far Behind Commercial Zones: Meeting the Women -- "Pro" Versus "Anti": Everyday Interpretations of Political Language -- "Mahirap Pa Rin": Religion and Reproductive Dilemmas in the Settlement -- Precarious Spaces, Employment, and "Eternal" Migration -- Reproductive Agency in Globalizing Circumstances -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Afterword: The Politics of Disclosure and Discretion -- One Week Before Leaving Manila -- References -- Chapter 7: Rethinking Reproduction and Intimacies in Metro Manila -- Reflecting on Histories and Context -- Gender as the Continuous Analytic -- Limitations and Implications for Future Research -- Looking Ahead with Reproductive Dilemmas and the Global -- References -- Index.

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