00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862196928 Buklod 20200905095013.0 g||| | || || ta 200905s2017 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00037796890 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-032 Lye, Kit Ying author. Merlinda Bobis's fish-hair woman a magical rendering of history Kit Ying Lye. 2017. pages [201]-225 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-225). Filipino writers of historical fiction have employed magical realism to incorporate people's experiences into discussions of the nation's violent history and present a possibility of revolution and hope, particularly with the fall of Ferdinand Marcos's regime. However, Merlinda Bobis uses magical realism to represent the struggles of villagers who were caught between government forces and communist insurgents during the Total War in the late 1980s, thus focusing on preserving personal histories and memories. Bobis's 'Fish-Hair Woman' (2012) puts into writing efforts at reconciling with a violent past as she works to actively challenge grander narratives of violence and terror. Magic realism (Literature). Philippine literature. Historical fiction. Counterinsurgency. Philippines History Revolution, 1986 Fiction. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 65, No. 2 (June 2017), p. 201-225. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 Available for the University of the Philippines Baguio via Project Muse. (viewed 08 September 2020) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-032 Analytics