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Book Reviews

There are 5 articles in this archive:

Accustomed Othering in Colonial Writing
by Sherwin A. Mapanoo
September 2015--There are at least three major discursive issues that can be extracted from the document, Customs of the Tagalogs written by Juan de Plasencia in 1589, if we are to...
A Critical Essay on Constructing the Filipina: A History of Women’s Magazines (1891-2002)
by Molly Anne Velasco
April 2013--Constructing the Filipina: A History of Women’s Magazines from 1891-2002 by Georgina Reyes Encanto is a first attempt to record the history of Women’s magazines...
The (Stifling) Spaces of Femininity in the Philippine Art World: A Book Review on Flaudette May Datuin's Home Body Memory: Filipina Artist in the Visu
by Molly Anne Velasco
August 2012--Home Body Memory: Filipina Artists in the Visual Arts, 19th Century to Present by Flaudette May Datuin, PhD. is a recount of the history of Filipina artist from...
Book Review: Edifice Complex: Power, Myth, and the Marcos State Architecture by Gerard Lico
by Arch. Roselle Santos
The book is about Marcosian Architecture. The author started each chapter with quotes from different scholars as an introduction to his discussions. The book is very much influenced by Michel Foucaults...
Book Review: Philippine Ancestral Houses Fernando Zialcita and Martin Tinio
by Christiane de la Paz
The two hundred and sixty-three pages of the coffee table book, Philippine Ancestral Houses, is a richly illustrated history and analysis of the bahay na bato - - how it came about, where, when, and...