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21 - Contemporary Filipino American Writers and the Legacy of Imperialism

from Part IV - Canons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2015

By
Eleanor Ty
Edited by
Rajini Srikanth  and
Min Hyoung Song
Rajini Srikanth
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Min Hyoung Song
Affiliation:
Boston College, Massachusetts
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Summary

This chapter examines important developments in Filipino American literature since the pioneer Filipino American writers best exemplified by N.V.M. Gonzalez, Carlos Bulosan, José García Villa, and Bienvenido Santos. Filipino American novels deal with the ongoing political and cultural legacy of war and imperialism, and can be roughly divided into four different types: those concerned with the recovery of Filipino history and collective memory; those that attempt to contest (neo)colonialism through postmodern aesthetics; those that represent growing up in a new, globalized, and transnational world; and those that deal with issues caused by the events of 9/11. Jessica Haledon links the discovery and conquest of the Philippines by the Spaniards with American neocolonial cultural imperialism in her novel, Dream Jungle. As Filipino American community develops and matures, its literary production continues to expand its rich thematic threads and engagement with sociopolitical concerns that affect not only Filipino Americans but Filipinos worldwide.

Keywords

San Francisco State CollegeAsian American oppositionAsian American activismantiwar movementAsianAmerican women's movementVietnam war
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The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature , pp. 371 - 386
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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