Authentic Though Not Exotic: Essays on Filipino Identity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789715504799)

This collection of essays offers another way to look at the encounter between the Western and the indigenous. It suggests that through a dialectical process, this encounter has generated a broader sense of community that has transcended the kin. Local genius transformed Spanish influences, even as it was itself transformed by the latter, resulting in a new culture. Finally, "Southeast Asia" is a recent construct that should be redefined to reflect the diversity of cultures present in it.

Author: Fernando Nakpil Zialcita
ISBN-10: 9715504795
ISBN-13: 9789715504799
Publisher: Ateneo de Manila Univ Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.72d