AFTER POSTCOLONIALISM by E. San Juan ( 9780847698615 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

AFTER POSTCOLONIALISM
REMAPPING PHILIPPINESDUNITED STATES CONFRONTATIONS

By:

E. San Juan

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0847698610

ISBN 13:

9780847698615

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Publisher:

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

Pub. date:

1 May, 2000

Series:

Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives

Pages:

272

Description:

Caught betwixt the Asian continent and the hegemonic power of the United States, the Philippines occupies a contested space or borderland between past and present, East and West. Balancing the memory of colonial experience with an emergent nation-making dream, this innovative book asks if a meaningful future can be envisioned.

Synopsis:

This innovative analysis of the Philippine historical crisis is accompanied by a critique of a U.S. racial formation in which Filipinos constitute the largest Asian group. Literary and artistic expressions by Filipinos manifest a new emerging identity defined by the multicultural debates crossing the Pacific, transforming the Philippines into a borderland of East and West. Caught betwixt the Asian continent and the hegemonic power of the United States, the Philippines occupies a contested space between past and present. Between the memory of colonial experience and an emergent nation-making dream, can a meaningful future be envisioned? This provocative book explores this problematic zone of difference through a critique of the Western production of knowledge in the context of local resistance. While Americanization of the Filipino continues, the encounter of globalizing and nationalizing forces has precipitated a profound political and social crisis whose outcome may be a paradigmatic lesson for many so-called third world countries.What happens in this Southeast Asian nation may foretell the fate of the ideals of democracy and social justice now beleaguered by the market and the unrelenting commodification of everyday life.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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