Waiting for Mariang Makiling: Essays in Philippine Cultural History

by Resil B. Mojares

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Waiting for Mariang Makiling is an engaging exploration of Philippine cultural history. It is striking for the diversity of texts it takes up: the legend of a mountain goddess, Pigafetta's discovery account of the Philippines, the life of a seventeenth-century Christian convert, the foundation narrative of a Marian shrine, colonial books of conduct, memoirs of Filipino intellectuals, a Bisayan love poem, political talk on radio, a dinner in nineteenth-century Cebu. A singleness of purpose guides the reader through a forest of texts toward an appreciation of the larger issues of cultural politics and nation formation.
  • ISBN10 9715504221
  • ISBN13 9789715504225
  • Publish Date 1 August 2003
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 336
  • Language English