Sward, bakla, gay: Language, labels, and gender roles in films, a reflection of the history of the gay community, 1978 - 2016

• Main Author: Kaluag, Alexandria Jamilla Bianca C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Motion picture industry > Philippines; Motion pictures > Gays; Gay community > Philippines > History; Sexual minorities; History of Gender; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_history/10; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=etdb_history
• Institution: De La Salle University

This thesis will analyze how language, labels, and gender roles shown in selected Philippine films reflected the realities of the gay community per decade and inadvertently captured the evolution and history of the gay community in the Philippines. This research will also study the social, cultural,...