00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862485870 Buklod 20230907161920.0 m | | ta 230907s2017 ph a rb 001 0deng 9789715507790 (iLib)UPBAG-00047045347 BC-73340 Php1,125.00 DLC BAG rda eng HN 720 Z9 E45 2017 Hau, Caroline S. 1969- author. Elites and ilustrados in Philippine culture Caroline S. Hau. Quezon City Ateneo de Manila University Press [2017] xiii, 398 pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-384) and index. Who are the "elites"? -- Portraits of the elites as Filipinos -- The misadventures of ilustrado nationalism -- Ilustrados and OFWs -- People's power, crony capitalism, and the (anti-)developmental state -- Transnational elite alliances -- Overseas Filipino intellectuals and Fil-foreigners. This book examines how Filipino literature has intervened in the intellectual and popular debates on the historical origins, ascendancy, power, and legitimacy of the elites. Writers like Jose Rizal, Nick Joaquin, Ninotchka Rosca, Miguel Syjuco, and Ramon Guillermo are unsparing in their criticism of elite authorship of the Philippines' past and present woes while seeking to recuperate the critical stance represented by the ilustrado. The book highlights a number of figures--the "middle sector" or "middle element" in Manila and other urban areas, Manila men and musicians, overseas Filipino workers, intellectuals, and Fil-foreigners--whose emergence as social forces points to the ongoing redefinition of the elites and the transformation of Philippine society, politics, and economy.-- Provided by publisher. Elite (Social sciences) Philippines. Intellectuals Philippines. Filipinos Employment Foreign countries. Philippines Colonial influence. Philippines Politics and government. FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HN 720 Z9 E45 2017 Book