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Geopolitics of the visible : essays on Philippine film cultures / edited by Rolando B. Tolentino.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextQuezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, [2000];copyright 2000Description: xxi, 384 pages : illustrations 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 971-550-358-6
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 1993.5.P6  .G292 2000
Summary: An anthology of essays about Philippines cinema. Takes off from the post World War II détente foreign policy of the United States to illuminate issues of transparency of power and power relations. Seeks to answer questions like: How has the visible image been constructed such that implicates issues of colonial, imperial, and nationalist representations and discourses? How has geopolitics, the mobilization of a global discourse of capital, liberal democracy and modernity been rendered in the Philippines? Winner, 2002 Gintong Aklat Award, for Art (BIP-ADMUP).
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana PN 1993.5.P6 .G292 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000300444
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center PN 1993.5.P6 .G292 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000002562
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center PN 1993.5.P6 .G292 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000001479

An anthology of essays about Philippines cinema. Takes off from the post World War II détente foreign policy of the United States to illuminate issues of transparency of power and power relations. Seeks to answer questions like: How has the visible image been constructed such that implicates issues of colonial, imperial, and nationalist representations and discourses? How has geopolitics, the mobilization of a global discourse of capital, liberal democracy and modernity been rendered in the Philippines? Winner, 2002 Gintong Aklat Award, for Art (BIP-ADMUP).

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