00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685675941123958595 Buklod 20191210131842.0 a r |||| u| ta 111214s2011 xx rb f000 0|eng d 9789715426725 9715426727 (iLib)UPTAC-00019264113 Tac-20461 UP Press Php250.00 DLC UPVTC eng PS 217 I47 M36 2011 McMahon, Jennifer M. Dead stars American and Philippine literary perspectives on the American colonization of the Philippines Jennifer M. McMahon. Quezon City University of the Philippines Press c2011. v, 146 p 23 cm Includes bibliographical references. Introduction -- Literary dialogues : an overview -- Historical context -- Self-examination -- Self-presentation -- Re-presentation -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Other works consulted. Dead Stars: American and Philippine Literary Perspectives on the American Colonization of the Philippines examines the American colonization of the Philippines from three distinct but related literary perspectives. The first is the reaction of anti-imperialist American writers Mark Twain, W. E. B. Du Bois, and William James to America's first foray into the role of colonizer and how their varied essays, letters, and speeches provide an incisive delineation of fundamental conflicts in American identity at the turn of the twentieth century. The book then analyzes how these same conflicts surface in the colonial regime's use of American literature as a tool to inculcate American values in the colonial educational system. Finally, Dead Stars considers the way three early and important Filipino writers--Paz Marquez Benitez, Maximo Kalaw, and Juan C. Laya--interpret and represent these same tensions in their fiction.--Back cover. American literature History and criticism. Philippine literature (English) History and criticism. Imperialism in literature. Education Philippines History. Philippines History 1898-1946. FI UP UPTAC UPTAC PS 217 I47 M36 2011 Book