From Hostesses to Working Girls: Sex Workers in Late 1970s Philippine Cinema

• Main Author: David, Joel
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Golden Ages; “hostess films”; Marcos dictatorship; multiple characters; sex-film trends; sex workers; unruly femininity
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss40/18; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/2028/viewcontent/KK_2040_2C_202023_2018_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Genders_20and_20Sexualities_20in_20Asian_20Cinema_20__20David.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The depiction of morally wayward women characters as protagonists in Philippine cinema emerged in parallel with the trend in presenting gangsters and so-called bad boys in the late 1950s. Drawing influence from the spread of the French New Wave and its transformation of American cinema into the New...