The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines by Vicente L. Rafael MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE

The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines by Vicente L. Rafael MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE"In The Promise of the Foreign, Vicente L. Rafael argues that translation was key to the emergence of Filipino nationalism in the nineteenth century. Acts of translation entailed technics from which issued the promise of nationhood. Such a promise consisted of revising the heterogeneous and violent origins of the nation by mediating ones encounter with things foreign while preserving their strangeness. Rafael examines the workings of the foreign in

history and anthropology

He is “supot

Since the 1996 debut of the press

Millions of Americans flocked to see the tribespeople slaughter live dogs for their daily canine feasts and to hear thrilling tales of headhunting

Publisher: Adarna House (2014)

"This acclaimed novel from the Philippines gives an unsurpassed portrait of the Marcos period as well as being a timeless

the war effort was fueled and directed by elite Batanguenos

Paperback : 256 pages

He is on leave as Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut

an interdisciplinary ethnography

ethnicities

"Filipino Style" takes a journey from the purely Filipino roots of Nipa huts (native grass huts) and Bahay na Bato (stone houses) to the fruits of trade with China and the colonial influences of Spanish architecture