(JAN. 23) 鈥 Seven articles and a film review featured in the 鈥淗umanities 茄子视频app: July to December 2018 issue鈥 (HD Vol. 15 No. 2) are now available .听
The articles are 鈥淚n Court, On Air, On Trial: The Impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona as Social Drama鈥 by Junesse d.R. Crisostomo; 鈥淭he Migrant Worker as Disposable Body: Testimonial Narratives from a Nongovernment Organization鈥 by Noel Christian A. Moratilla; 鈥淎nak, Mag-anak at Magkakamag-anak: Mula sa Pagmamalay Hanggang sa Pagwawalay鈥 [The Filipino Concept of Child, Family and Kinship Relationship: From Self-awareness to Separation] by Roberto E. Javier Jr.; 鈥淎n Babaye ug Suba: Ang Talinghaga sa Anyo ng 鈥淏abae-sa-Tubig鈥 sa Tradisyong Pampanitikan sa Pilipinas鈥
(An Babaye ug Suba: The Trope of the 鈥淲oman-by-the-Water鈥 in Philippine Literary Tradition) by Jay Jomar F. Quintos; 鈥淧aano Ipinagpapatuloy ang Tradisyon ng Komedya? Ilang Piling Tutok鈥 (How does the Philippine Komedya Persist? Selected Cases) by Apolonio B. Chua; 鈥淎ng 鈥楾radisyonal鈥 at 鈥楳oderno鈥 sa Higante ng Angono, Rizal鈥 (鈥淭raditional鈥 and 鈥淢odern鈥 in the Higante of Angono, Rizal) by Manuel Kristoffer C. Giron; and 鈥淭he Nostalgic Sublime in Don DeLillo鈥檚 White Noise and Cosmopolis鈥 by Niloufar Behrooz and Hossein Pirnajmuddin.
Crisostomo鈥檚 paper looks at the impeachment of Renato C. Corona, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, through the lens of Victor Turner鈥檚 Social Drama Theory. According to Prof. Patrick F. Campos, PhD, HD鈥檚 editor-in-chief, Crisostomo鈥檚 article 鈥渋s an appraisal of the impeachment of Supreme Courts Chief Justice Corona as a social drama performed in the space where governmental politics, the law and mass media intersect.鈥
Moratilla鈥檚 article analyzes letters written by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through a two-pronged concept of resistance鈥攐ne that fuses the discourse of critique with that of affirmation. Campos said the essay鈥檚 use of testimonies 鈥渟eek to orient the narrative way from a romantic view of OFW life and toward a realistic one.鈥
Javier analyzes the words anak/c (the child), mag-anak (the family) and magkakamaganak/an (kinship relationship) using techniques in psycholinguistics. The editor notes that Javier鈥檚 article explicates the shifting Filipino notion of anak in a cultural economy that gives high premium to the value of utang na loob; traces the concepts of child, family and kinship and their movement in meaning from self-awareness to separation, and demonstrates the continued centrality of anak in modern Filipino psychology.听
Quintos鈥檚 essay focuses on the image of the 鈥渨oman-by-the-water鈥 which has always been a recurring motif in Philippine epics and folk narratives. The author said folk tales about this discursive image were wrought by the different colors and shapes of colonization.听
Meanwhile, Campos said it is worth noting that essays of Javier, Moratilla and Quintos 鈥渕ay be productively read together and appreciated for how they evaluate the crucial place of the woman in culture, literature, and society.鈥
Chua鈥檚 paper, on the other hand, 鈥渋s structured differently,鈥 says Campos. It focuses on komedya鈥檚 staying power in the Philippine theater. The author cited three cases that show komedya arts as being subjected to changes by various theater group agents.听
Giron studies the higante-making practice of Angono, Rizal where the art form is one of the town鈥檚 prominent traditions. Campos said the author notes the formal changes that have been introduced to the designs of the giant human figures paraded during the festival that have been visible correspondences to history and current events.
In the last essay, authors Behrooz and Pirnajmuddin focus on Don DeLillo, known as a great postmodernist writer. The authors note that 鈥渂ecause of his nostalgia for transcendence and 鈥渓ost assurances,鈥 he has become associated with modernism as well鈥 and such was articulated in two of DeLillo鈥檚 novels.听
HD Vol. 15 No. 2 also featured a review of Jose S. Buenconsejo鈥檚 video series 鈥淩esilient Music at the Margins Video Series鈥 (2017) by David Francis Urrows of the Hong Kong Baptist University. This film includes three documentary films, namely, 鈥淣ature鈥檚 Presences. Music in Manobo Dulangan,鈥 鈥淭鈥檅oli, Obo, and Tagakaolo Communities in Southern Mindanao, Philippines;鈥 鈥淪ound Tenderness: Music of the Non-violent Palawanun Society in Southern Philippines;鈥 and 鈥淪even Dances of Life: Pledges to Others (Janji) in Two Sama Communities in Tawi-Tawi Islands, Southern Philippines.鈥
Humanities 茄子视频app is an awardee of the Journal Challenge Grant through the Journal Incentive Program of the Commission on Higher Education. It is also a Scopus-indexed journal and is available via www.doaj.org and www.ebsco.com and has been listed in the ASEAN Citation Index at .听
To inquire about the journal鈥檚 printed version, contact the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD) at (02) 981-8500 local 4048 or (02) 436-8720. 鈥擧aidee C. Pineda, image courtesy of OVCRD
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