Narrating failure: Negative colonialism in the American Philippines, 1898–1941

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" Narrating failure: Negative colonialism in the American Philippines, 1898–1941 "
Brandon Joseph Reilly K. Dennehy

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	54069
Doc. No	:	TL24023
Call number	:	‭1437020‬
Main Entry	:	Brandon Joseph Reilly
Title & Author	:	Narrating failure: Negative colonialism in the American Philippines, 1898–1941\ Brandon Joseph Reilly
College	:	California State University, Fullerton
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	130
Abstract	:	The power of the United States to bring about change in the Philippines during the country's second colonial era (c. 1898--1946) has been overestimated. Most historical narratives thus far have tended to privilege colonialism as the driving force of the archipelago's history, leaving little room for doubt regarding the success and extent of imperial rule. This thesis takes a contrary view, illuminating a few of the places where American imperialism, and indeed the narratives which unproblematically proclaim its success, failed. I first look into An Eagle Flight (1900), an abridged rendition of José Rizal's Noli me tángere (1887), deconstructing not only the ideology it ascribes the quintessential Filipino patriot but also the techniques of translation which sustain it. Next I perform a postcolonial reading of Vic Hurley's Southeast of Zamboanga, demonstrating how the illogics of race, gender and sexuality reveal the fictive character of colonialist discourse. Lastly, I dispel the myth that American might vanquished Islamic freedom fighters in the Philippine South prior to World War II in what was a historic first encounter.
Subject	:	Social sciences; History; American history; 0337:American history; 0332:History
Added Entry	:	K. Dennehy
Added Entry	:	California State University, Fullerton