The myth of the barangay : and other silenced histories /
Silenced histories
Damon L. Woods ; with a foreword by Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature.
- xx, 359 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Racial exclusion in the Medicant Orders: from Spain to the Philippines -- 2. Baybayin revisited -- 3. The literate Tagalog in early Spanish Philippines -- 4. The Spanish printing mystery in early Spanish Philippines -- 5. The myth of Barangay -- 6. Counting and marking time: from the precolonial to the contemporary Tagalog world -- 7. Out of the silence: the men of Naujan speak -- 8. Maria Mutia versus Bernadino Dimabasa: divorce in early Spanish Philippines -- 9. Writing early Philippine history: the growing gulf.