Interrogations in Philippine cultural history : the Ateneo de Manila lectures / Resil B. Mojares

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Dicourses of the devil's advocate Nick Joaquin as historian -- Andres Bonifacio and the problem of class -- In the colonial world of print -- The Aparicion of the holy child toward a history of a cebuano devotion -- An Immodest proposal for literary studies -- Is there a Philippine Noir? -- The fantistical career of Pascual Racuyal -- Marking a turn : thoughts on a generation of Philippine scholarship.

Thes articles interrogate diverse issues in the Philippine cultural history : the place of Nick Joaquin in the nation's historiography ' the debate on the class position of Andres Bonifacio and the revolutionary outbreak of 1986 ; Filipino-Spanish interactions in the world of print ; the social history of religious devotions ; the state of regional literary studies and the case of Filipino crime fiction ; and Philippine electoral politics as seen in the cracked mirror of Pascual Racuyal's career. The book ends with the author's reflections on the past four decades of Philippine cultural studies.