Feudal Desires: Sexualizing Agriculture in the Philippine Film Industry

• Main Author: Yapan, Alvin B
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2011
• Subjects: Agriculture; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Film and Media Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/67; https://read.dukeupress.edu/positions/article-abstract/19/2/499/51810/Feudal-Desires-Sexualizing-Agriculture-in-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The article problematizes the trend in the sex films Kesong puti (White Cheese, 1997), Talong (Eggplant, 1999), Kangkong (Water Spinach, 2000), and Itlog (Egg, 2002) to derive their titles from agricultural produce and contextualize their narratives within the agricultural industry. Not to be dismis...