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Paglaban Pilipino Literature Project

Paglaban Pilipino Literature Project

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  • About the Author
    • Education to Empower
  • Courses
    • Portraying the Pinay: Womxn in Philippine Literature
      • Table of Contents
      • i. Archetypes
      • ii. The Model of Maria Clara
        • Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tángere
        • Readings: The Model of Maria Clara
        • Selected Passages
      • III. Mother Earth and the Nature of Womanhood
        • Readings: Mother Earth and the Nature of Womanhood
        • Reading Guide: Mother Earth and the Nature of Womanhood
      • IV. Religion and Morality
        • Readings: Religion and Morality
        • Reading Guide: Religion and Morality
      • V. Motherhood
        • Readings: Motherhood
        • Reading Guide: Motherhood
      • VI. Marriage
        • Readings: Marriage
        • Reading Guide: Marriage
      • VII. Sexuality and Sexual Freedom
        • Readings: Sexuality and Sexual Freedom
        • Reading Guide: Sexuality and Sexual Freedom
      • VIII. The Performance of Gender
        • Readings: The Performance of Gender
        • Reading Guide: The Performance of Gender
      • IX. Race, Class, and Colonial Dynamics
        • Readings: Race, Class, and Colonial Dynamics
        • Reading Guide: Race, Class, and Colonial Dynamics
      • X. Migration and Diaspora
        • Readings: Migration and Diaspora
        • Reading Guide: Migration and Diaspora
      • XI. Exile and Visions of Homeland
        • Readings: Exile and Visions of Homeland
        • Reading Guide: Exile and Visions of Homeland
      • XII. Loss and Grief
        • Readings: Loss and Grief
        • Reading Guide: Loss and Grief
      • XIII. Memory and Trauma
        • Readings: Memory and Trauma
        • Reading Guide: Memory and Trauma
      • XIV. Language and Identity
        • Readings: Language and Identity
        • Reading Guide: Language and Identity
      • XV. Womxn, the Activist
        • Readings: Womxn, the Activist
        • Reading Guide: Womxn, the Activist
      • Open Discussions
      • Bibliography
    • Protestar la periferia: la literatura hispanofilipina como negocación política
      • Índice
      • I. Introducción a la literatura hispanofilipina
        • Textos introductorios
      • II. Narrar nacionalismos
        • Obras: “Narrar nacionalismos”
        • Discusión: “Narrar nacionalismos”
      • III. La espiritualidad literaria
        • Obras: “La espiritualidad literaria”
        • Discusión: “La espiritualidad literaria”
      • IV. Imaginaciones raciales
        • Obras: “Imaginaciones raciales”
        • Discusión: “Imaginaciones raciales”
      • V. El personhood del paisaje
        • Obras: “El personhood del paisaje”
        • Discusión: “El personhood del paisaje”
      • VI. Naturaleza, memoria y movimiento
        • Obras: “Naturaleza, memoria y movimiento”
        • Discusión: “Naturaleza, memoria y movimiento”
      • VII. Símbolos y la consciencia humana
        • Obras: “Símbolos y la consciencia humana”
        • Discusión: “Símbolos y la consciencia humana”
      • VIII. Colonia en contacto
        • Obras: “Colonia en contacto”
        • Discusión: “Colonia en contacto”
      • Discusión Abierta
      • Bibliografía
    • Magkasama: ating mga kwento
      • Listahan ng mga babasahin
      • “Book Club”
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  • Acknowledgements

Courses

  • Portraying the Pinay: Womxn in Philippine Literature
  • Protestar la periferia: la literatura hispanofilipina como negocación política
  • Magkasama: ating mga kwento

Readings: Womxn, the Activist

“Sublime Abjection” by Francisco Rodriguez (1919)

Found in Philippine Short Stories in Spanish 1900-1941 (1989)

“The Teacher of my Town” by Antonio Luna (1927)

Found in Philippine Short Stories in Spanish 1900-1941 (1989)

“To Love as Aswang” by Barbara Jane Reyes 

“Brown Girl Manifesto #allpinayeverything” by Barbara Jane Reyes

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