Writer in Exile/writer in revolt : critical perspectives on Carlos Bulosan / edited by Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cabusao, Jeffrey Arellano, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bulosan, Carlos--Criticism and interpretation.

Bulosan, Carlos.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2016]

Summary:

Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan gathers pioneering essays by major scholars in Filipino American Studies, American Studies, and Philippine Studies as well as historic documents on Carlos Bulosan's work and life for the first time. This anthology-which includes rare, out-of-print documents-provides students, instructors, and scholars an opportunity to trace the development of a body of knowledge called Bulosan criticism within the United States and the Philippines. Divided into four major sections that explore Bulosan's prolific literary output (novels, poems, short stories, essays, letters, and editorial work), the anthology opens with an introduction to the early stages of Bulosan criticism (1950s-1970s) and ends with recent work by senior scholars in Asian American Studies that suggests new directions for engaging multiple dimensions of Bulosan's twin commitment to art and social change. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Bulosan's Voice: Listening to the Manong Generation 1

1 Bulosan Now (1958) / Alvaro Cardona-Hine Cardona-Hine, Alvaro 3

2 Carlos Bulosan: Gentle Genius (1957) / Dolores Stephens Feria Feria, Dolores Stephens 7

Biography 7

3 The Achievement of Carlos Bulosan (1979) / E. San Juan, Jr. Juan, E. San, Jr. 15

Toward Regrounding the Psyche 16

To Change, Not Just Interpret 18

One Divides into Two 19

Enter: The Trickster Clown 21

Sketch of a Materialist Poetics 22

Dialectics in Action 23

Exorcising the Dream 26

Metamorphoses of the Other 28

Unleashing the Daemon 30

A Celebration of Praxis 32

Not a Picnic Nor a Dinner Party 34

Arming the Spirit 35

Notes 36

II Location of Exile: Creating an Alter/native Filipino Literary Practice 37

4 Filipino Writers in Exile (1963) / Dolores Stephens Feria Feria, Dolores Stephens 39

5 Understanding the Dynamics of Third World Writing in America is in the Heart (1988) / Margarita R. Orendain Orendain, Margarita R. 49

Reality of the Third World 49

A Literature of Realism 51

A Literature of Revolution 53

A Literature of Hope and Growth 55

Notes 57

6 Subversion or Affirmation: The Text and Subtext of America is in the Heart (1991) / Marilyn Alquizola Alquizola, Marilyn 59

References 69

7 Satire in the Laughter of My Father (1986) / Delfin L. Tolentino, Jr. Tolentino, Delfin L., Jr. 71

The Satiric Mode 72

Tension between the Old and the New 73

The Pitfalls of the New Culture 74

Exaggerations and Caricatures 77

The Craft of Satire 78

Notes 79

8 The Laughter of My Father: A Survival Kit (1995) / L.M. Grow Grow, L.M. 81

Works Cited 89

Notes 89

9 The Laughter of My Father: Adding Feminist and Class Perspectives to the "Casebook of Resistance" (2011) / Marilyn Alquizola Alquizola, Marilyn, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo 93

Why Bulosan? Why the Laughter of My Father? 94

L.M. Grow's "Casebook" Thesis 95

Masculine Domination and Bulosan's Female Types 96

Gendered Lessons in Regard to Local Women 98

Gendered Lessons as They Relate to "City Women" 99

Gendered Lessons Relating to the Matriarch 101

Women's Responses to Masculine Domination 102

Resistance on the Part of Local Women 103

Resistance on the Part of Women from the "Outside" 105

Resistance on the Part of the Matriarch 107

Adding Class to the Analysis 109

Conclusion 113

Coda 114

Notes 115

III Writer as Worker: Broadening the Bulosan Canon 119

10 Carlos Bulosan: The Poetics and the Necessity of Revolution (1969) / E. San Juan, Jr. Juan, E. San, Jr. 121

Notes 130

11 Bulosan as a Third World Poet (1985) / Susan Evangelista Evangelista, Susan 133

Third World Writing 137

The Third World Writer's Perspective 144

War as Struggle 152

Notes 162

12 Two Letters from America: Carlos Bulosan and the Act of Writing (1988) / Oscar V. Campomanes Campomanes, Oscar V., Todd S. Gernes Gernes, Todd S. 163

II. 167

III. 171

Appendix A Photo Reproductions of Bulosan Letters 179

Appendix B Transcripts of Bulosan Letters 185

Works Cited 194

Notes 195

13 Bulosan's Power, Bulosan's People (1991) / Dolores Stephens Feria Feria, Dolores Stephens 198

Deeply Disturbed 198

Driven 199

14 A Proletarian Book of Laughter and Remembering: The Cry and the Dedication and the Inter/National Class Struggle (2016) / Tim Libretti Libretti, Tim 201

I Re-imagining the Class Struggle 201

II Back to the Future: Bulosan's Literary Homecoming 205

III Filipino Blues: Beyond the Pleasure Principle 214

IV Tales of the Skin Trade: The Third World Writer in the Literary Marketplace 218

V Conclusion: The Inter/national Allegory 226

Works Cited 228

Notes 230

IV Collective Memory and Revolt: Becoming Filipino - Becoming Free 233

15 Remembering Carlos Bulosan: An Interview with Josephine Patrick (1989) / Odette Taverna Taverna, Odette 235

How and When Did You Meet Carlos Bulosan? 236

How Would You Describe Carlos' Political Work? 236

How about You? When Did You Become an Organizer for the Union? 236

Where There a Lot of Filipinos There? 236

Was it Difficult to Be a Woman Union Organizer in the 1930s? 237

Carlos Bulosan Wrote in His Book that "In Many Ways it Was a Crime to be Filipino in California. I Came to Know that the Public Streets Were Not Free to My People." This is a Vivid Description of What the Filipinos Faced at That Time, Isn't It? 237

Were the Filipinos a Majority among the Agricultural Workers You Were Organizing? 238

Were You Successful in Organizing the Agricultural Workers? 238

So Carlos Moved in That Circle of Progressive Filipinos? 238

At That Time, the US Government Did Not Just Blacklist Progressive Organizers, but Also Attempted to Deport Those That They Perceived as Dangerous "Alien Elements." Were There a Lot of Filipino Union Organizers Deported? 239

Did Carlos Talk to You Extensively about His Life in the Philippines? 239

Was He Writing All the Time and Did You Collaborate with Him? 239

Were You Ever Discriminated Upon by Your Friends and Political Circle because You Were Going Out with a Filipino? 240

What Was Bulosan's Vision for Change in the Philippines? 241

Did He Want to Go Back to the Philippines? 241

16 Identity and Humanity in the Age of Corporate Globalization: A Review Essay (2004) / Kenneth E. Bauzon Bauzon, Kenneth E. 243

I Introduction 243

II The Issues Addressed by Bulosan 244

III Bulosan as a Writer-Activist-Philosopher 245

IV Conclusion 246

17 Filipino American Hip-Hop and Class Consciousness: Renewing the Spirit of Carlos Bulosan (2006) / Michael Viola Viola, Michael 249

Notes 257

18 The Bulosan Files: Another Layer in an Ongoing Dialogue (2016) / Marilyn Alquizola Alquizola, Marilyn, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo, Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao Cabusao, Jeffrey Arellano 259

Carlos Bulosan through the Archival Lens 259

How Did You Get Interested in Carlos Bulosan? 259

How Did You Start Doing Archival Work on Bulosan? 261

The Process of Research: Uncovering Intimidation Tactics 262

How Did You Come Up with the Idea to Ask for Bulosan's FBI Files? 262

What Did You Discover as You Sorted through Bulosan's FBI Files? 263

What about the People Who Charge That Any Files, Bulosan's Files Included, Are Just Lies, a Fabrication, Slander? 264

How Do the FBI Files Enable Us to Re-Think Bulosan's Life and Work? 265

How Does Your Research Help Us to Understand Filipino American Forms of Resistance? 266

Bulosan Now: On the Significance of the Research Project 267

In What Ways is Bulosan's Life and Work Relevant for a New Generation of Activists-Scholars? 267

Does Your Research Open a Space to Help Us Grapple with Local and Global Politics Today? 267

How Did Your Work on Bulosan Change Your Perceptions of Him? 273

Related Short and Long Range Goals of the Bulosan Project 274

Final Thoughts 275

Appendix: Transcripts of News Articles from Manila, Philippines 276

"Link Between PI, US Commies Bared," The Manila Chronicle, 1951 276

"Defense Chief Orders Arrest of Second MIS Man for Third Degree," The Manila Times, 1951 278

Works Cited and For Further Reading 281

Notes 282

19 Carlos Bulosan: Critique and Revolution (2008) / E. San Juan, Jr. Juan, E. San, Jr. 283

Part 1 Toward A Renewal of the Filipino Critical imagination 283

I. 285

II. 289

III 294

IV. 298

V. 302

Part 2 The Filipino Peasant Imagination Versus the "Civilizing Mission" of American Studies and Ethnic Studies 303

Proletarian Pinoy Meets "Ilustrado" 304

Class as Network of Social Relations 306

The Peasantry Intervenes 306

"Little Brown Brother's" Burden 308

The Manong's Red-White-and-Blue Blues 312

Vogue of Transnationalisque Chic 314

Ultimo Adios 315

References 315

Notes 318

20 American Dream: The Habitable Land (2016) / Melba Abela Abela, Melba 323.

ISBN:

9780761867678

0761867678

OCLC:

946480410