Philippine Cultural Politics

Can a song inspire a revolution? The course focuses on literary, visual, and performance texts that participated in political discourses in the Philippines. What strategies did the writers and artists employ? How did writers and artists face issues of censorship and persecution?  How did social movements influence these texts, and in turn, how did these texts contribute to these social movements?

First 6 week session - Runs 5/28/2019 to 7/5/2019