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The Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago

by Luis H. Francia

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Cultural Writing. Asian American Studies. EYE OF THE FISH is a deft, luminously intelligent examination of the Philippines that crosscuts between Francia's recollections of the Philippines of his youth and accounts of his travels though the archipelago over the past two decades. The Philippines that Francia explores is a country indelibly marked by both Spanish and Amrican colonialism, a collection of over 7,000 islands where cultural alliances and political ideology have pushed aside identity politics, and where traditional beliefs both mimic and subvert conventional Christian piety. Painters and priests, island shamans and small-town politicians, cultists, feminists, and infamous first ladies all make an appearance in this imaginative and idiosyncratic exploration of home. Through their stories, and through his own memories of life in the Philippines and the United States, Francia reflects on the hybridity that is simultaneouly the burden and the benediction of the Philippines — and of his

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Cultural Writing. Asian American Studies. "Eye of the Fish" is a deft, luminously intelligent examination of the Philippines that crosscuts between Francia's recollections of the Philippines of his youth and accounts of his travels though the archipelago over the past two decades. The Philippines that Francia explores is a country indelibly marked by both Spanish and American colonialism, a collection of over 7,000 islands where cultural alliances and political ideology have pushed aside identity politics, and where traditional beliefs both mimic and subvert conventional Christian piety.
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ISBN:
9781885030313
Author:
Francia, Luis H.
Publisher:
Kaya Press
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
20th century
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures
Subject:
Philippines
Subject:
Social conditions
Subject:
Southeast Asia
Subject:
Filipinos
Subject:
Asia - Southeast Asia
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures - General
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
Biography-Ethnic Cultures
Subject:
Biography - General
Series Volume:
no. 150
Publication Date:
20020331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
382
Dimensions:
9.00x6.10x1.00 in. 1.39 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , Cultural Writing. Asian American Studies. "Eye of the Fish" is a deft, luminously intelligent examination of the Philippines that crosscuts between Francia's recollections of the Philippines of his youth and accounts of his travels though the archipelago over the past two decades. The Philippines that Francia explores is a country indelibly marked by both Spanish and American colonialism, a collection of over 7,000 islands where cultural alliances and political ideology have pushed aside identity politics, and where traditional beliefs both mimic and subvert conventional Christian piety.
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