Fernando Nakpil Zialcita's collection of essays offers another way to look at the encounter between the Western and the indigenous. It suggests that through a dialectical process, this encounter has generated a broader sense of community that has transcended the kin. Local genius transformed Spanish influences, even as it was itself transformed by the latter, resulting in a new culture. It also argues that Southeast Asia is a recent construct that should be redefined to reflect the diversity of cultures present in it.

Winner, 2005 National Book Award for Social Sciences

Publisher:
Ateneo de Manila University Press, Philippines

Publication Date:
First printing, 2005
Third printing, 2011

Format:
Softcover / 9 x 6 inches / 340 pages / BW

Language:
English

ISBN: 971-550-479-5