The race of the century: galleons and global city desires in Manila -- Ashore and away: Filipino seamen as heroes and deserters -- Ethnography in blue: navigating time-space in the global economy -- Transportation: seamen and tomboys in ports and at sea
Summary
Filipino seamen currently compose approximately twenty percent of the 1.2 million international maritime transportation workers. Ninety percent of the world's goods and commodities are transported by ship. Taken together, these statistics attest to the critical role Filipino seamen play in worldwide maritime trade. In Filipino Crosscurrents, an interdisciplinary ethnography, Kale Bantigue Fajardo examines the cultural politics of seafaring, Filipino maritime masculinities, and globalization in the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora. Drawing on fieldwork conducted on ships and in the ports o
