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Abstract
ABSTRACT In this article, I combine literature on gender populism and international migration to critically examine Duterte’s populist style towards migrant Filipinos and propose several possible reasons why they have given him immense support. The article utilizes Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis (FCDA) to examine texts surrounding Duterte’s much-publicized kiss of a migrant Filipino woman illustrating how his brand of populism reconfigures the state’s paternalistic- hypermasculine stance towards Filipino women migrants. He does this by positioning himself as a ‘protective and angry father,’ ‘the Filipino everyman,’ and ‘a ladies’ man,’ thereby normalizing and trivializing the controversial act. I interpret these gendered tropes as characteristic of Duterte’s personalistic rhetoric and practices, adding a layer to the usual techno-bureaucratic state language strategically used to govern migrant Filipinos. In doing so, I aim to expand understandings of Duterte’s leadership and populist politics and to add to research grounding gender populism within the context of a non-European migrant-sending state. In unraveling his rhetorical style, I hope that resistant discourses emerge to challenge similar practices in the future.
期刊介绍:
NORMA is an international journal for high quality research concerning masculinity in its many forms. This is an interdisciplinary journal concerning questions about the body, about social and textual practices, and about men and masculinities in social structures. We aim to advance theory and methods in this field. We hope to present new themes for critical studies of men and masculinities, and develop new approaches to ''intersections'' with race, sexuality, class and coloniality. We are eager to have conversations about the role of men and boys, and the place of masculinities, in achieving gender equality and social equality. The journal was begun in the Nordic region; we now strongly invite scholarly work from all parts of the world, as well as research about transnational relations and spaces. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and submission is online via Editorial Manager.