Plural entanglements : Philippine studies / edited by Dada Docot, Stephen B. Acabado and Clement C. Camposano

Includes index.

1. Introduction -- 2.Textiles and Other Trade Goods: The Philippines in Sixteenth-Century Global Trade -- 3. Emergence of "Undesirable" and Proletariat Chinese in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines -- 4. Foundations of Philippine Environmentalism -- 5. Patterns of Panow: Dimensions of Mobility among the Pantaron Manobo -- Chapter 6. Cordillera Cultural Revitalization -- Chapter 7. The Filipino Roman Catholic Church in the Modern Era: Aggiornamento and Beyond -- Chapter 8. Space and Power: Religious Worlding and the Rise of Iglesia ni Cristo -- Chapter 9. The Philippine Liberal Tradition: A short History in Four Phases -- Chapter 10. The Bangsamoro as Imagined Future -- Chapter 11. Household Coping and Recovery Strategies from Nature's Wrath: Rising the ruins in the Aftermath of Haiyan -- Chapter 12. Beyond Dialogues: Interreligious Initiatives in Troubled Grounds -- Chapter 13. Postcolonial Monuments in the Hometown: Decolonization and the Im/possibilities of repair -- Chapter 14. Resisting Generosity: The Balikbayan Box and the Crafting of Selves within the contemporary Transnational Filipino Household -- Chapter 15. The Nexus f Assimilation and Transnationalism among Filipino Migrants in the US and the Netherlands.

he field of Philippine Studies has been re-energized through its participation in global discussions on decolonization and through its attempts at rethinking the place of stakeholder engagement in scholarship. These conversations have been shaped mainly by early- and mid-career scholars who are striving to produce knowledge in more inclusive and innovative ways. Plural Entanglements emphasizes the diverse foundations of scholarship and accentuates the need for scholars to look beyond Manila, figuratively and quite literally. This approach is a necessary corrective to the colonial era–influenced discourse of Philippine culture and history, which is currently dominant and actively propagated through various iterations of the school curricula and even through popular culture. This dominant discourse continues to marginalize and impoverish communities across the country—rural, urban, and Indigenous.