The Promise of the Nation: Gender, History, and Nationalism in Contemporary Ilokano Literature by Roderick G. Galam COFFEE TABLE BOOKS

The Promise of the Nation: Gender, History, and Nationalism in Contemporary Ilokano Literature by Roderick G. Galam COFFEE TABLE BOOKS"The Promise of the Nation, trailblazing in many respects, will be a yardstick for all other critical works to follow. Its virtue lies in its capacity to resist the onslaught of a scholarship that reads only the nation and the national from the vortex of a centralized political, economic, and cultural power. Irreverent and relevant, there is promise fulfilled in this work and the Ilokano people are richer because of its contribution to the critical

articulates the struggles and hopes for equality and justice for Filipinos

ISBN-10 : 971884532-1

selected twice for the Junior Olympics team and earned a spot on the NCAA national championship in 2002

Some are also charming episodes on growing up and discovery

That take you away to Italy and France

Asian-American women writers of all ages explore a complex range of identities through poetry

Jamero documents the experiences and contributions of the second-generation Filipino Americans-the Bridge Generation-addressing a significant void in the history of Filipinos in America

and Bermuda

His works include Stage Presence: Conversations with Filipino American Performing Artists (2007)

wherever they are in the world

ISBN-13 : 978-97-1-271482-5

60 LV BO(E)MBS (O Books)