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Did Padre Damaso rape Pia Alba? reticence, revelation, and revolution in Jose Rizal's novels

This article revisits the debate in 2010 among 'Philippine Daily Inquirer' columnists over the question of whether or not, in Jos Rizal's novel 'Noli me tangere', Padre Damaso "raped" Maria Clara's mother, Pia Alba, a debate inspired by the Reproductive Healt...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 65, No. 2 (June 2017), p. 137-199.
Main Author: Hau, Caroline S. (Sy Hau) (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: 2017.
Subjects:
Celdran, Carlos.
Rizal, Jose P. > Characters > Padre Damaso.
Reproductive Health Bill.
Online Access:https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9