SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, October 1st, 2001
White Love and Other Events in Philippine History. By Vicente L. Rafael. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2000. 288 pp. The Introduction to this collection of eight essays posits that Philippine history and the essay form are complementary. Because the essay lends itself to the episodic, in contrast to epic, style of narration, the essay embodies what it seeks to portray: the ironies, contradictions, and instabilities of history which escape the grand overarching framework of nationalist historiography. Collectively, the essays seek to convey the "conditions of possibility and imposs...
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