Weaving cultures : the invention of colonial art and culture in the Philippines 1565-1850 /
Statement of responsibility: René B. Javellana, S.J.by
Javellana, René B [author.]
; Ateneo de Manila University Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2017Description: xxiv, 369 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9789715507837.Subject(s): Art, Colonial -- Philippines | Philippines -- History -- 1521-1898Language/Translation Info: In EnglishSummary: "[This book] reads the emergence of a unique art and culture in the Philippines during the colonial era from the optic of communications theory and the emerging theoretical discourse from information design. It views colonial exchange not primarily as an exchange of cultural goods, tangible or intangible, but as a negotiation forged by the communication between sender and receiver. In such a process, the cultural good is ineluctably transformed as it leaves the context of the sender and is transferred to the context of the receiver, who may be antipodes of each other--physically, psychologically, and culturally--as was the case of Filipinos and Europeans. Exchanges in the areas of space, the biota, the visual, literary, performative, culinary, and sartorial arts are traced. How messages are transmitted, decoded, and transformed to create the new reality of colonial art and culture are documented. A controlling metaphor is that of weaving: where strands of thread, placed at right angles to each other and woven in and out in patterns of skips, create the almost endless variety of textiles. Because emerging new cultural expressions involve communication, both sender and receiver interact in the creation of a new culture. Although there may be a power differential between the two, as in the case of colonized culture, unless sender and receiver interact, no communication occurs. Communication becomes a leveler because either side in the cultural dialogue can fail. But then again, failure is not catastrophic because either side has an opportunity to find something completely new. These two meanings of "invention," as discovering and creating, weave in and out in the discourse of this book."
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Books, Monographs
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Filipinas Heritage Library Main Library Holdings | DS 674 J38 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 18144 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-358) and index.
In English.
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