Interrogations in Philippine cultural history : the Ateneo de manila lectures / Resil B. Mojares.

Includes bibliography and index.

Introduction.--Discourses of the devil's advocate Nick Joaquin as historian.--Andres Bonifacio and the problem of class.--In the colonial world of print.--The Aparicion of the Holy Child toward a history of a Cebuano devotion.--An Immodest proposal for literary studies.--Is there a Philippine noir?.--The Fantastical career of Pascual Racuyal.--Marking a turn: thoughts on a generation of Philippine scholarship.--Bibliography.--Index.

This book interrogate diverse issues in Philippine cultural history : the place of Nick Joaquin in the nation's historiography: the debate on the class position of Andres Bonifacio and the revolutionary outbreak of 1896 ; Filipino-Spanish interactions in the world of print ; the social history of religious devotions ; the state of regional literary studies and the case of Filipino crime fiction ; and Philippine electoral politics as seen in the cracked mirror of Pascual Racuyal's career. The book ends with the author's reflections on the past hour decades of Philippine cultural studies.