Rethinking Filipino Masculinities: The Case of the Cosmopolitan Tambay

• Main Author: Salazar, Joseph T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: consumption; gender representations; migration; mall; Palibhasa Lalake; remittance economies; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/6; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=filipino-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In the Philippines, tambay refers to men who are notorious for hanging out in the streets for long hours owing to lack of formal work. Traditionally, representations of the tambay have revolved around drinking and the ironic display of patriarchal power despite the lack of clear contributions to the...