This exploratory study spotlights the life narratives of Filipino male domestic helpers in Hong Kong, examining the cultural politics that regulate their production of domestic labor. The study examines the men's presence in Hong Kong's domestic economy and their contingent labor-market value with Filipina domestics. The article identifies thematic points in the formation of their transnational masculinities: how men operate within the spaces of Hong Kong's domestic economy that is largely populated by their female compatriots, how men perceive the nature of domestic labor, and how the roles of provider and nurturer have evolved among contemporary male migrants.
This article explores the experiences of Filipino schoolteachers in Southern Thailand, focusing on their migration within the peripheries of Global South countries-a topic that remains underexplored in migration studies. Their mobility pathways diverge from those typically discussed in research on middling migration. As middling migrants, Filipino teachers enjoy better working conditions than working-class migrants, yet their circumstances do not align with those of elite migrants, as they continue to face precarity. Nonetheless, despite these insecurities, their roles as teachers-particularly in peripheral areas-serve as an adaptive preference, enabling them to construct a professional identity and engage in an alternative form of cosmopolitanism.
This article examines the politics of labor and space at the Port of Manila during early American colonial rule. During this period, Manila Bay and the riverfront wharves along the Pasig River bustled with commercial activity. The colonial archive reveals how the new regime sought to ensure the smooth flow of cargo by managing waterfront space and labor. Yet, the article simultaneously reads a drama penned by Isabelo de los Reyes, which is partially set on Manila's docks. Against the colonial archive, Isabelo's play surfaces the submerged currents of anticolonial nationalism and labor organizing that simultaneously flowed through Manila Bay.
This article discusses the development of socialist ideas in the early Philippine labor movement through the work of Hermenegildo Cruz, a labor leader who propagated socialist ideas through the Balangay ng mga Tipografo, its newspaper Balagtas, and the workers' school he cofounded with Lope K. Santos. I conclude that the development of Cruz's socialism reflected the organized Filipino workers' budding class consciousness and at the same time led to the compartmentalization of the labor struggle separate from the struggle for independence, as the labor movement rejected the idea of an independent workers' party.
How did Japanese occupiers and Filipino elites transform Jos & eacute; Rizal into a tool for their wartime agendas? Analyzing 136 articles from the Tribune (1942-1945), I identify two phases of appropriation. "Orientalization" emphasized Rizal's alleged Japanese connections to legitimize the occupation, while "nationalization" saw Filipino leaders invoke his legacy to foster unity under the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic. Through this analysis, I demonstrate how propaganda, constrained agency, and resistance shaped national identity, revealing how national icons derive power not from fixed meaning but from their malleability across political projects.
Although former President Jose P. Laurel was elected to the Senate in 1951, the pejorative word "collaborator" followed him like a shadow for some time. Today, only a few consider him as such, evidenced by the host of academic works that prove he was a staunch nationalist. This article further explores his pan-Asian thought, a variation of nationalism expressed at the 1943 Greater East-Asiatic Assembly, and his desire to establish his version of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
