Waiting for Mariang Makiling : essays in Philippine cultural history

Author(s)

• Mojares, Resil B.

Bibliographic Information

Waiting for Mariang Makiling : essays in Philippine cultural history

Resil B. Mojares

Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Waiting for Mariang Makiling
• The islands according to Pigafetta
• Rizal reading Pigafetta
• The brief and blessed life of Miguel Ayatumo
• The epiphany of Pedro Calungsod
• Stalking the Virgin
• Catechisms of the body
• Deciphering a meal
• Reading Vicente Ranudo
• Talking politics
• Time, memory, and the birth of the nation
• The haunting of the Filipino writer

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is an exploration of Philippine cultural history. It presents a diverse range of texts including: the legend of a mountain goddess, Pigafetta's discovery account of the Philippines, the life of a 17th-century Christian convert and the foundation narrative of a Marian shrine.

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Details

• NCID: BA66440347
• ISBN:
  • 9715504221
• LCCN: 2002359116
• Country Code: ph
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Quezon City
• Pages/Volumes: x, 324 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS664
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Philippines -- Civilization