After Postcolonialism - Remapping Philippinesdunited States Confrontations

Informationen zum Autor E. San Juan, Jr. directs the Philippines Cultural Studies Center, Connecticut, and also serves as co-director of the board of the Philippine Forum, New York City. Among his recent books are Beyond Postcolonial Theory, Racism and Cultural Studies, and Working Through the Contradictions. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Symbolic Trajectories of the Asian Diaspora Chapter 3 Historicizing the Space of Asian America Chapter 4 Specters of United States Imperialism Chapter 5 From Neocolonial Representations to National-Democratic Allegory Chapter 6 Displacing Borders of Misrecognition: On Jessica Hagedorn's Fictions Chapter 7 Kidlat Tahimik's Cinema of the Naïve Subaltern Chapter 8 Prospects and Problems of Revolutionary Transformation Chapter 9 Afterword Chapter 10 Appendix: Writing and the Asian Diaspora

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• Authors: E. San Juan Jr, E. San Juan, E. Jr. San Juan, Epifanio San Juan, Epifanio Jr. San Juan, Jr. San Juan, E. San Juan Jr
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2000
• EAN: 9780847698615
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9861-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Perspectives; Pacific Formations: Global Rel; Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Perspectives
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore