Post-Colonial National Identity in the Philippines
Celebrating the Centennial of Independence
Routledge Revivals Series

This title was first published in 2002.Presenting a fresh understanding of the construction of Post-Colonial national identity in the new context of globalization, this text looks at the dilemmas of the requirement to compete in the global economy and the political demands of human rights and cultural differences. The authors are concerned with the ways in which a modern state attempts to mould the identities of its citizens and the ways in which the myriad of identities in a multiethnic, multicultural and multi-religious population give rise to intense contradictions. This important research will have implications beyond the Filipino case and will be of great interest to a wider audience as a reference for courses on Asian studies, political science and history.

Contents: Introduction: history, the state and national identity; The competition state and national identity; History at the service of the nation-state; Nationalists and national identity; Dissenting voices and the politics of patronage; Heritage, identity and citizenship in a globalizing world; Expo Pilipino and the recolonization of the past; Conclusion: negotiating identity; Bibliography; Index.

Greg Bankoff, Kathleen Weekley