Appeal of the Philippines

Taylor & Francis

The Appeal of the PhilippinesSpain, Cultural Representation and Politics\nAuthor(s): Jos Miguel Daz Rodrguez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367484309, 978-0367484309\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the different means through which Spain has revisited its ex-colony - the Philippines - since 2000. Focusing on several major exhibitions organised in the period [tel], the poetics (narratives and meaning) and politics (institutional power) of Spanish representations of the Philippines are critically examined. Even though Spains intention was to offer a fresh and updated look at the Philippines through the events organised, there was also a tendency to refer to and recreate a colonial past, posing important questions about the continuity of conceptions concerning the old Spanish Empire in the 21st Century. \n\nDaz Rodrguez further analyses Spanish cultural policy concerned with cultural promotion outside Spain and, in.