Contents: Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Philippine theater (What is Philippine drama? / Nicanor G. Tiongson -- The zarzuela of the Philippines / Isagani R. Cruz -- The impact of American Colonial Rule on Philippine Theater / Priscelina Patajo-Legasto -- The playbill after 1983 / Doreen Fernandez -- Women and contemporary Philippine theater : "Usaping babae" or "Women speaking" / Priscelina Patajo-Legasto) -- II. Philippine literature (The nationalist literary tradition / Bienvenido Lumbera -- The literature of the Propaganda Movement (1880-1986) / Soledad S. Reyes -- Reform and revolution: the impact of Rizal's Noli and Fili on the Tagalog novel -- The state of Philippine literature / Rose Torres-Yu -- The romance mode in the Philippine popular literature / Soledad S. Reyes -- The "Literary barkada" in the Philippines / Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo -- Mapping our poetic terrain : Filipino poetry in English from 1905 to the present / Gemino H. Abad -- The Filipino short story in English : an update for the 90s / Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. -- Breaking barriers : the essay and the non-fiction narrative / Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo -- A bridge too far (Thoughts on Chinese-Filipino writing) / Charlson Ong -- Afterword to Instik : an anthology of Chinese-Filipino writing / Caroline S. Hau -- Threading our lives or the story of the open strand / Marjorie M. Evasco -- Philippine gay literature / J. Neil C. Garcia -- Literature, nationalism and the problem of consciousness / Caroline S. Hau) -- III. Philippine art (Philippine art in the 19th century / Alice G. Guillermo -- Philippine art from 1900 to the present / Alice G. Guillermo -- the new mass art and literature / Gelacio Guillermo -- Philippine painting, 1521-1821, and the politics of colonial visualities : relocating the colonial in Southeast Asian art history / Patrick D. Flores -- Women imaging women : Philippine modernism in another light / Flaudette May V. Datuin -- Imaging the nation as Inang Bayan : kundiman and other songs of the 1896 revolution / Teresita Gimenez-Maceda -- The state of Philippine music / Fe B. Mangahas -- Dance classification according to function / Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa -- Reclaiming the body as home : a rite of passage to the 21st century (in the Philippine context) / Myra C. Beltran) -- IV. Philippine popular culture (Becoming Filipino: 1565-1898 / Nicanor G. Tiongson -- Problems in Philippine film history / Bienvenido Lumbera -- Brocka, Bernal & Co.: the arrival of new Filipino cinema / Bienvenido Lumbera -- Philippine cinema and society / Patrick D. Flores -- "Inangbayan" (Mother-Nation) in Lino Brocka's Bayan Ko : Kapit Sa Patalim (1985) and Orapronobis (1989) / Rolando B. Tolentino -- Philippine television : a history of politics and commerce / Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. -- The Philippine komiks / Soledad S. Reyes -- Komiks : an industry, a potent medium, our national "book," and pablum of art appreciation / Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.) -- Bibliography -- Notes on contributors