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The Appeal of the Philippines Spain, Cultural Representation and Politics
By José Miguel Díaz Rodríguez
Copyright 2018
160 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the different means through which Spain has revisited its ex-colony - the Philippines - since 2000. Focusing on several major exhibitions organised in the period 1998-2017, the ‘poetics’ (narratives and meaning) and ‘politics’ (institutional power) of Spanish representations of the Philippines are critically examined. Even though Spain’s intention was to offer a fresh and... Read more
Acknowledgments
1. Chapter 1: Cultural Representation as a Political Tool
2. Chapter 2: Intercultural Encounters
3. Chapter 3: Constructing Identities
4. Chapter 4: The Allure of the Orient
5. Chapter 5: Reimagining Rizal
6. Concluding Remarks
Index
Biography
José Miguel Díaz Rodríguez is a Lecturer at Massey University of New Zealand – Aotearoa. He holds a PhD in Spanish Cultural Studies, for which he received an Arts and Humanities Research Council Award at the University of Leeds (UK). His research interests include Spanish and Filipino cultural studies, cultural representation, post colonialism, intercultural exchanges, and the promotion of culture in transnational contexts.
