00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612423553 Buklod 20260318100021.0 m go j ta 260318s2015 ph rb 000 0 eng d 9789715067737 (iLib)UPD-00261913853 DLC DMLF rda eng DMLUC PL 5531 H53 2015 Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja 1944- author. To remember to remember reflections on the literary memoirs of Filipino women Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo. Manila University of Santo Tomas Publishing House 2015. xvii, 181 pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181). "This book picks up a story which the author began to tell in 1994, with her groundbreaking study of the autobiographical narratives of Filipino women, "Filipino Woman Writing" (Second Edition, UST Publishing House, 2015). Here, Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, a much-awarded writer of fiction and nonfiction, literary scholar, teacher and mentor to numerous younger writers, turns to the first women writers to own the name "literary memoirist. Four generations of women writers are represented in this unusual volume which is itself both creative nonfiction and literary study: Paz Policarpio-Mendez (b. 1903); Solita Camara-Besa (b. 1915); Gilda Cordero-Fernando (b. 1930); Merlie Alunan (b. 1943); Criselda Yabes (b. 1964); Jenny Ortuoste (b.1968); and Rica Bolipata-Santos (b. 1969). Fascinating as the differences among them are, the things they have in common are equally striking. And, above all else, what they have in common is that they are-in their different ways-one and all, transgressive. Hidalgo shows how these writers have crafted stories from memories that continue to haunt them, using language whose shapeliness transform them into compelling experiences for their readers. They have taken a long, hard look at their little corners of the world, and brought them to life for their readers: small provincial town and big, glittering city; bohemian enclave; seedy old racetrack; and university campus. In the course of telling of their past, they have, as Nancy Ballard puts it, gathered meaning from that past and thrust it forward into the present, that they might serve readers as they negotiate the unknown, perilous future."--Back cover. 35th National Book Awards Finalists, Best Book of Nonfiction Prose in English 2015. Women authors, Filipino Biography. Women Philippines Biography. Philippine literature Women authors History and criticism. Book FI UPD DMLF PL 5531 H53 2015 UPD GGRR PL 5531 H53 2015 Book