Mojares, Resil B.

Interrogations in Philippine cultural history : the Ateneo de Manila lectures / Resil B. Mojares. - Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, [2017], c2017. - vi, 191 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-173) and index.

Introduction -- Discourses of the devil's advocate Nick Joaquin as historian -- Andres Bonifacio and the problem of class -- In the colonial world of print -- The Aparicion of the Holy Child toward a history of a Cebuano devotion -- An Immodest proposal for literary studies -- Is there a Philippine noir? -- The Fantastical career of Pascual Racuyal -- Marking a turn: thoughts on a generation of Philippine scholarship -- Bibliography -- Index.

"These articles interrogate diverse issues in Philippine cultural history : the place of Nick Joaquin in the nation's historiography: the debate on the class position of Andres Bonifacio and the revolutionary outbreak of 1896 ; Filipino-Spanish interactions in the world of print ; the social history of religious devotions ; the state of regional literary studies and the case of Filipino crime fiction ; and Philippine electoral politics as seen in the cracked mirror of Pascual Racuyal's career. The book ends with the author's reflections on the past hour decades of Philippine cultural studies."--Back cover.

9789715507752


Philippine essays (English)
Culture in literature


Philippines--History
Philippines--Civilization

DS669 / M72 2017