Queering the Troubled Tropics in Panx Solajes’ Post-Haiyan Short Films

• Main Author: Claros, Ian Harvey A.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Panx Solajes’ Films; Philippine Cinema; Queer Ecology; Troubled Tropics; Typhoon Haiyan; Typhoon Yolanda; Arts and Humanities; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Film and Media Studies; Queer Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/120; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/filipino-faculty-pubs/article/1119/viewcontent/claros_post_haiyan_short_films_philippines.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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