Denise Cruz | Transpacific Femininities: The Making of the Modern Filipina

Denise Cruz writes and teaches about gender and sexuality in national and transnational cultures. Her first book, Transpacific Femininities: the Making of the Modern Filipina, analyzed connections between the rise of Philippine print culture in English and the emergence of new classes of transpacific women from the early to the mid- twentieth century. The book argues that this period was dominated by a fascination with transpacific Asian women—figures who were connected to both nationalist movements in Asia and the global women's suffrage movement. Her work has appeared in American Literature, American Quarterly, American Literary History, PMLA, The Journal of Asian American Studies, Modern Fiction Studies, and several edited collections. More information about her work can be found here.