Abstract
Collantes looks at three small families in the province of Cavite, who negotiate their intimacies and reproductive decisions because of remittance arrangements with overseas relatives. Specific gendered discourses also prevail and accompany the influx of financial support from abroad—the women are expected to either be ideal mothers and wives, or to also send back remittances as overseas migrants. The men, on the other hand, grapple with uncertain labor opportunities even with this steady inflow of remittances. Through ethnographic storytelling and detail, Collantes shows how marital relations and reproductive predicaments (for example, women’s decisions to have tubal ligations or postpone motherhood) are affected by both global economic trends and expectations of gender and sexual labor in the transitioning terrains of Cavite.
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An earlier version of this chapter was originally published as an article in South East Asia Research: Collantes, C. 2016. Reproductive dilemmas, labour, and remittances: gender and intimacies in Cavite , Philippines. South East Asia Research 24(1), pp. 77–97. Copyright © 2017 by SOAS. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5367/sear.2016.0293.
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See for example, Dela Peña, A. (2012).
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Ayala Land is one of the largest developing conglomerates in the Philippines, and has invested in infrastructure, residential areas, and commercial developments in Metro Manila since the 1800s. Please see: http://www.ayalaland.com.ph/about/history/.
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Please see: The Official Website of the Provincial Government of Cavite (2011), p. 13.
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Field notes (handwritten), November 22, 2012. Translated from Tagalog to English.
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Field notes (handwritten), December 12, 2012.
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Lozada (2013) reported that the highest number of OFWs in 2012 (222,260) were employed as domestic workers overseas.
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Field notes (handwritten), November 30, 2012. Translated from Tagalog.
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Interview (recorded), December 19, 2012. Translated from Tagalog to English.
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Interview (recorded), December 19, 2012.
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Interview (recorded), December 19, 2012. Translated from Tagalog.
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Field notes (handwritten), December 3, 2012.
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Field notes (handwritten), December 14, 2012.
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Collantes, C.F. (2018). Beyond the Metropolis: Reproduction and Remittances in the Probinsya. In: Reproductive Dilemmas in Metro Manila. Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5391-7_4
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