White Love and Other Events in Filipino History

"An extremely rich, original, and insightful work. Famously gifted in style and nuance, Rafael ranks among the few contemporary scholars in Asian studies whose writings merit--and reward--careful rereading. This book not only illuminates twentieth-century Philippine history with great sophistication and subtlety but also treats colonialism, nationalism, and constructions of gender and race in ways that many non-Philippine specialists are certain to find interesting and fruitful."--John T. Sidel, author of "Capital, Coercion, and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines"

List of contents

Illustrations xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Episodic Histories 1

1. White Love: Census and Melodrama in the U.S. Colonization of the Philippines 19

2. Colonial Domesticity: Engendering Race at the Edge of Empire, 1899-1912 52

3. The Undead: Notes on Photography in the Philippines, 1898-1920s 76

4. Anticipating Nationhood: Identification, Collaboration, and Rumor in Filipino Responses to Japan 103

5. Patronage, Pornography, and Youth: Ideology and Spectatorship during the Early Marcos Years 122

6. Taglish, or the Phantom Power of the Lingua Franca 162

7. Writing History after EDSA

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8. “Your Grief is Our Gossip”: Overseas Filipinos and Other Spectral Presences 204

Notes 229

Bibliography 265

Index 277

About the author

Vicente L. Rafael

Summary

Looking at nationalism as an unstable production, this volume examines how and with what effects, the concept of nation was produced and deployed in the Philippines. It also examines colonial domesticity through the writings of white women. It is for those interested in Southeast Asian studies, Asian-American studies, and postcolonial studies.

Product details

• Authors: Rafael, Vicente L Rafael, Vicente L. Rafael, Vicente L. Rafael
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2000
• EAN: 9780822325055
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2505-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Illustrations: 42 b&w photographs
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nationalismus, Philippinen, Kulturwissenschaften, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte