Reclaiming the tomboy: Gender performativity, the masculine ego, and the Filipino lesbian experience in Shane Carreon's travelbook
The Filipino words for lesbian, such as tomboy and tibo have been observed to have negative, ill-informed implications. The tomboy is commonly perceived by thehetero-patriarchal society as a defiant and failed version of a Filipino woman. This widespread ignorance towards the Filipino lesbian existe...
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Animo Repository
2014
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| Institution: | De La Salle University |
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