Authentic Though Not Exotic: Essays on Filipino Identity

By Fernando Nakpil Zialcita

This collection of essays offers another way to look at the encounter between the Western and the indigenous. It suggests that through a dialectical process, this encounter has generated a broader sense of community that has transcended the kin. Local genius transformed Spanish influences, even as it was itself transformed by the latter, resulting in a new culture. Finally, "Southeast Asia" is a recent construct that should be redefined to reflect the diversity of cultures present in it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9715504795
• ISBN13: 9789715504799
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Ateneo de Manila Univ Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"