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Verbal arts in Philippine indigenous communities : poetics, society, and history / Herminia Meñez Coben.

By: Material type: TextTextQuezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, [2009];copyright 2009Description: x, 392 pages 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789715505833
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN 671.P6 C54 2009
Summary: Examines the centrality of verbal arts in social life and the dynamic roles of verbal artists as religious and political leaders, as guardians of tradition, as well as agents of cultural change. The subtitle highlights its emphasis on poetics and social change, poetics and gender politics, the poetics of violence, and of pacifism, tropes in social and historical contexts, and on colonialism, ethnic identity, and political power. (Source: http://www.ateneo.edu/ateneopress)
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana GN 671.P6 .C638 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3FIL2018015949
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana GN 671.P6 .C638 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3FIL2017015808
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana GN 671.P6 .C638 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000311030
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center GN 671.P6 .C638 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000008090

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examines the centrality of verbal arts in social life and the dynamic roles of verbal artists as religious and political leaders, as guardians of tradition, as well as agents of cultural change. The subtitle highlights its emphasis on poetics and social change, poetics and gender politics, the poetics of violence, and of pacifism, tropes in social and historical contexts, and on colonialism, ethnic identity, and political power. (Source: http://www.ateneo.edu/ateneopress)

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