Subversions of the American century : Filipino literature in Spanish and the transpacific transformation of the United States / Adam Lifshey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lifshey, Adam.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philippine literature (Spanish)--History and criticism.

Philippine literature (Spanish).

American literature--Filipino American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Subversions of the American Century: Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States argues that the moment the United States became an overseas colonial power in 1898, American national identity was redefined across a global matrix.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Seditious Sycophant: Pedro Paterno's La alianza soñada (1902); 2. Theatrics of Resistance: Pedro Paterno's Magdapio and Other Performances (1903-1905); 3. Metamorphoses of Mid-America: The Fictions of Guillermo Gómez Windham (1920-1924); 4. Assimilating the Antipodes in Peace and War: Mariano de la Rosa's Fíame (Filipinas-América) ([1936?]-1946); 5. The Radical Reactionary: Jesús Balmori's Los pájaros de fuego ([1942?]-1945); 6. Space-Age Subversions: Mariano de la Rosa's La creación (1959); Epilogue: The Case of the Antipodal Archipelago; Notes

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472121526

0472121529

OCLC:

930757662

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.7251937