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Orientalists, propagandists, and ilustrados [[electronic resource] ] : Filipino scholarship and the end of Spanish colonialism / / Megan C. Thomas



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Autore: Thomas Megan C (Megan Christine), <1970-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Orientalists, propagandists, and ilustrados [[electronic resource] ] : Filipino scholarship and the end of Spanish colonialism / / Megan C. Thomas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina: 305.8009599
Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Philippines
Ethnohistory - Philippines
Philippine literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Orientalism - Philippines - History
Soggetto geografico: Philippines Colonization
Philippines Historiography
Spain Foreign relations Philippines
Philippines Foreign relations Spain
Spain Colonies Asia
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Worldly Colonials: Ilustrado Thought and Historiography; 1. Locating Orientalism and the Anthropological Sciences: The Limits of Postcolonial Critiques; 2. The Uses of Ethnology: Thinking Filipino with "Race" and "Civilization"; 3. Practicing Folklore: Universal Science, Local Authenticity, and Political Critique; 4. Is "K" a Foreign Agent? Philology as Anticolonial Politics; 5. Lessons in History: The Decline of Spanish Rule, and Revolutionary Strategy; Conclusion: Politics and the Methods of Scholarly Disciplines; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E
FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Sommario/riassunto: The writings of a small group of scholars known as the ilustrados are often credited for providing intellectual grounding for the Philippine Revolution of 1896. Megan C. Thomas shows that the ilustrados ' anticolonial project of defining and constructing the "Filipino" involved Orientalist and racialist discourses that are usually ascribed to colonial projects, not anticolonial ones. According to Thomas, the work of the ilustrados uncovers the surprisingly blurry boundary between nationalist and colonialist thought. By any measure, there was an extraordinary flowering of scholarly writing abou
Titolo autorizzato: Orientalists, propagandists, and ilustrados  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4529-4701-5
0-8166-8014-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812832403321
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