TY  - GEN
T1  - Postcolonial fissures and the contingent nation an antinationalist critique of Philippine historiography
JF  - Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
A1  - Claudio, Lisandro E.
LA  - English
UL  - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-1685594773862197659
AB  - This article examines instances in Philippine historiography were nationalism, as a unitary end, has been used to elide and obscure class differences. It begins with a partial explanation of the lacunae in antinationalist thinking in the Philippines and then proceeds to a critique of contemporary nationalist historiography. Using historians Zeus Salazar and Reynaldo Ileto as case studies, it examines how nationalist historiography can serve as means to implicitly justify localized acts of class oppression. The works of these scholars, while crucial in forwarding critiques of colonialism and neocolonialism, privilege nationalist unity over thorough examinations of disjunctures produced by class difference.
CN  - ARTICLE-768
KW  - Historians : Political and social views.
KW  - Nationalism.
KW  - Philippines : Historiography.
ER  -