TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benitez,Josefa Castro
TI  - Rites of passage: the late American regime in the Philippines : the Japanese occupation of the Philippines : Independence Day 1946 
AV  - DS 686.4 .B46 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - [Manila]
PB  - Josefa Castro Benitez
KW  - Benitez, Josefa Castro.
KW  - Philippines
KW  - History
KW  - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - 1898-1946
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; A beginning in time (1938-1940), the late American regime in the Philippines -- A rude awakening : living with the Japanese (1941-1943) -- Fleeing from the Japanese : life in evacuation (1943-1944) -- Ending the Second World War : Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns and the Liberation of Manila (1944-1945) -- Rebuilding our homes and lives : the Philippine Rehabilitation Commission (1945-1946) -- Going back to school in 1945 -- Philippine Independence Day : July 4, 1946
N2  - "Rites of Passage is about the recollection by the author of her childhood and adolescence set against conditions prevailing before, during and after World War II in the Philippines in an unbroken sequence. Living life is indeed a ceremony, a "rite" from birth to death."
ER  -