Dr. Kanjana Thepboriruk sits down with Dr. Tessa Winkelmann to discuss her new book: Dangerous Intercourse: Gender and Interracial Relations in the American Colonial Philippines 1898 – 1946. They dive into the history of the Philippines during the change from Spanish to American occupation. Winkelmann looks at history through perspectives of various individuals, particularly women, contrasting the reality of interracial relations with American propaganda.
Dr. Tessa Winkelmann is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, her research specializes in the world, empires and imperialism, ethnic studies, and gender and sexuality studies