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Engendering Colonialism: The Effect of 100 Years of U.S. Colonialism on Women in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and The Philippines

Video and Study Guide

Looking at 100 years of U.S. Colonialism and its impact on the women of Hawai'i, Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico and their resistance to it.

We do not live in a post-colonial world. We live in a world where the United States continues to hold onto its colonies, while simultaneously advocating "free trade" and corporate globalization. This is a world in which both old and new forms of U.S. colonialism co-exist, both of which depend upon the exploitation of women.

This video is a historical examination of U.S. colonialism and its impact on women. In 1898 the U.S. seized control of Hawai'i, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, as well as Guam and American Samoa. This video examines what this expansion has meant to the women living in Hawai'i, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines and their struggles to free themselves from U.S. domination. It illustrates how the struggle for women's rights is an essential component of the fight over globalization and how this struggle is related to the history of colonialism.

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