TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hau, Caroline S.
TI  - Elites and ilustrados in Philippine culture
SN  - 9789715507790
AV  - HN 713.5 H3 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Quezon City
PB  - Ateneo de Manila University Press
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Who are the "elites"? -- Portraits of the elites as Filipinos -- The misadventures of ilustrado nationalism -- Ilustrados and OFWs -- People's power, crony capitalism, and the (anti-)developmental state -- Transnational elite alliances -- Overseas Filipino intellectuals and Fil-foreigners
N2  - "This book examines how Filipino literature has intervened in the intellectual and popular debates on the historical origins, ascendancy, power, and legitimacy of the elites. Writers like Jose Rizal, Nick Joaquin, Ninotchka Rosca, Miguel Syjuco, and Ramon Guillermo are unsparing in their criticism of elite authorship of the Philippines' past and present woes while seeking to recuperate the critical stance represented by the ilustrado. The book highlights a number of figures--the "middle sector" or "middle element" in Manila and other urban areas, Manila men and musicians, overseas Filipino workers, intellectuals, and Fil-foreigners--whose emergence as social forces points to the ongoing redefinition of the elites and the transformations of Philippine society, politics, and economy."
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