Reinventing the Filipino sense of being & becoming :

Azurin, Arnold Molina 1946-

Reinventing the Filipino sense of being & becoming : critical analyses of the Orthodox views in anthropology, history, folklore & letters / Arnold Molina Azurin. - Second edition. - xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

Introduction: The "Compartmentalized Being" & the "I" (starting p. 1) --
pt. I The Quest for Self & Nation --
Unraveling the Knots of Ethnicity (starting p. 11) --
Voyage to the Self via the Other (starting p. 21) --
The Tasaday: Conspiratorial Sci-fi & Media Circus (starting p. 39) --
The Riverine Nexus between Cordillera & Ilocos (starting p. 51) --
The City Versus Ethnicity (starting p. 65) --
Sayaw sa Pista bilang Pagsamba at Panangga sa Kulturang Tradisyonal (starting p. 81) --
pt. II History, Myths & Symbols --
Beyond Historians' Chronicles: The People's Symbols & Sense of Destiny (starting p. 97) --
After Cristobal Colon: The Dialectic of Colonization/ Decolonization in Ilocos (starting p. 113) --
Bakit Naitsapwera ang mga Ilokanong Katipunero sa Kasaysayan ng Rebolusyon? (starting p. 125) --
The Use & Abuse of Folklore in National Culture (starting p. 137) --
The Missing Links in Gender, Ethnicity & Development Issues (starting p. 149) --
Hypervaluated Hymen: The Deepest Domain of Male Dominance (starting p. 157) --
Is The House of Filipino English Writers Crumbling? (starting p. 165) --
Lingua Franca: A Matter of Fact & Not Fanciful Fears (starting p. 173) --
The Writer's Sense of Country (starting p. 179) --
Mga Katiwalian sa ating Kamalayan Tungkol sa Kaalamang Bayan (starting p. 191) --
A Vision for the Sciences (starting p. 203) --
Epilogue: Random Thoughts of a Journeyman on Transnationalization & Intercultural Experience (starting p. 213) --
Index (starting p. 223)

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English


In English, with three articles in Tagalog.

9715420737 (pbk)


Philippine essays (English)
Philippine essays (Filipino).
National characteristics, Philippine.
Interdisciplinary research--Philippines.

808.84 Az88 / 1995