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Author : Simeon G. Del Rosario
Release : 1976
Genre : Communism
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Book Synopsis "Sakada" of Behn Cervantes by : Simeon G. Del Rosario
Download or read book "Sakada" of Behn Cervantes written by Simeon G. Del Rosario. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simeon G. Del Rosario
Release : 1976
Genre : Communism and motion pictures
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Book Synopsis The Subversive Impact by : Simeon G. Del Rosario
Download or read book The Subversive Impact written by Simeon G. Del Rosario. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Talitha Espiritu
Release : 2017-04-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Passionate Revolutions by : Talitha Espiritu
Download or read book Passionate Revolutions written by Talitha Espiritu. This book was released on 2017-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last three decades, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has commanded the close scrutiny of scholars. These studies have focused on the political repression, human rights abuses, debt-driven growth model, and crony capitalism that defined Marcos’ so-called Democratic Revolution in the Philippines. But the relationship between the media and the regime’s public culture remains underexplored. In Passionate Revolutions, Talitha Espiritu evaluates the role of political emotions in the rise and fall of the Marcos government. Focusing on the sentimental narratives and melodramatic cultural politics of the press and the cinema from 1965 to 1986, she examines how aesthetics and messaging based on heightened feeling helped secure the dictator’s control while also galvanizing the popular struggles that culminated in “people power” and government overthrow in 1986. In analyzing news articles, feature films, cultural policy documents, and propaganda films as national allegories imbued with revolutionary power, Espiritu expands the critical discussion of dictatorships in general and Marcos’s in particular by placing Filipino popular media and the regime’s public culture in dialogue. Espiritu’s interdisciplinary approach in this illuminating case study of how melodrama and sentimentality shape political action breaks new ground in media studies, affect studies, and Southeast Asian studies.
Author : Priscelina Patajo-Legasto
Release : 2008
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 917/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Philippine Studies by : Priscelina Patajo-Legasto
Download or read book Philippine Studies written by Priscelina Patajo-Legasto. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays by Philippine and U.S.-based scholars illustrate the dynamism and complexities of the discursive field of Philippine studies as a critique of vestiges of "universalist" (Western/hegemonic) paradigms; as an affirmation of "traditional" and "emergent" cultural practices; as a site for new readings of "old" texts and "new" popular forms brought into the ambit of serious scholarship; and as a liberative space for new art and literary genres.
Author : Epifanio San Juan
Release : 1996
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 185/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Philippine Temptation by : Epifanio San Juan
Download or read book The Philippine Temptation written by Epifanio San Juan. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incisive and polemical book, E. San Juan, Jr., the leading authority on Philippines-U.S. literary studies, goes beyond fashionable postcolonial theory to bring to our attention the complex history of Philippines-U.S. literary interactions. In sharp contrast to other works on the subject, the author presents Filipino literary production within the context of a long and sustained tradition of anti-imperialist insurgency, and foregrounds the strong presence of oppositional writing in the Philippines. After establishing the historical context of U.S. intervention and Filipino resistance, San Juan examines the work of two very significant writers. The first, Carlos Bulosan, a journalist and union activist, became in the author's words a "tribune" of the people. Bulosan's writings which combine critique and prophecy do not allow us to forget the atrocities inflicted on the Filipino people. The other, José Garcia Villa, lapsed into premature obscurity on account of the complexity of his writings about the Filipino predicament. Read through San Juan's eyes, these writers are revealed as multifaceted thinkers and activists, not stereotypical ethnic artists. San Juan goes beyond literary studies and contemporary debates about nationalism and politics to point the way to a new direction in radical transformative writing. He uncovers hidden agendas in many previous accounts of U.S.-Philippine relations, and this book exemplifies how best to combine activist scholarship with historically grounded cultural commentary. Author note:E. San Juan, Jr.is Fellow of the Center for the Humanities and Visiting Professor of English, Wesleyan University, and Director of the Philippines Cultural Studies Center. He was recently chair of the Department of Comparative American Cultures, Washington University, and Professor of Ethnic Studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He received the 1999 Centennial Award for Literature from the Philippines Cultural Center. His most recent books areBeyond Postcolonial Theory,From Exile to Diaspora,After Postcolonialism, andRacism and Cultural Studies.
