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Cultures and texts : representations of Philippine society / edited by Raul Pertierra and Eduardo F. Ugarte.

Contributor(s): Diliman, Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press : Distributed outside the Philippines by the University of Hawaii Press, 1994Description: v, 176 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9715420443 (pbk)
Other title:
  • Representations of Philippine society
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306 C89 23 1994
LOC classification:
  • DS663 .C85 1994
Contents:
The Morion as a stranger / Teruya Adachi -- Compadrazgo / Paul Mathews -- Hard to imagine / Benedict Anderson -- Philippine studies and the new ethnography / Raul Pertierra -- Women and contemporary Philippine theater / Priscelina Patajo-Legasto -- The legitimating aspects of colonial discourse / Andrei Adamkiewicz.
Summary: The papers in this collection represent a wide range of interests drawn from the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, politics and literary studies. What they have in common is an attempt to better understand contemporary Philippine reality. This reality is a consequence of both internal and external conversations and power structures. All of them demonstrate how adept Filipinos are in re-interpreting often externally imposed institutions or understanding for their own internal needs. They likewise show that culture is an ever-changing flux of interpretations and practices, contestations and agreements built around disputable central or core values and norms. The essays provide interesting material to help us determine whether there is any meaning in speaking of a Malay world.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Government Publications Government Publications College Library Government Publication Section FIL Fil 306 C89 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan HNU003028

Includes bibliographical references.

The Morion as a stranger / Teruya Adachi -- Compadrazgo / Paul Mathews -- Hard to imagine / Benedict Anderson -- Philippine studies and the new ethnography / Raul Pertierra -- Women and contemporary Philippine theater / Priscelina Patajo-Legasto -- The legitimating aspects of colonial discourse / Andrei Adamkiewicz.

The papers in this collection represent a wide range of interests drawn from the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, politics and literary studies. What they have in common is an attempt to better understand contemporary Philippine reality. This reality is a consequence of both internal and external conversations and power structures. All of them demonstrate how adept Filipinos are in re-interpreting often externally imposed institutions or understanding for their own internal needs. They likewise show that culture is an ever-changing flux of interpretations and practices, contestations and agreements built around disputable central or core values and norms. The essays provide interesting material to help us determine whether there is any meaning in speaking of a Malay world.

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Studies

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