Looking Back 6

Prehistoric Philippines

Ambeth R. Ocampo

• Editore: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
• Anno: 2021
• ISBN:
  9789712736827
• Argomento: History
• Categoria: Asian History

In these beguiling essays on what lies beyond the fringes of Philippine recorded history—whether pointing out the laughing carabao on the margins of a centuries-old map, or combing for shards of Ming porcelain on a coral beach—Ocampo reminds us that the endless gathering and joining and breaking apart of apparently 'useless' bits is, after all, what makes us what we are, and connects us with others in their own quest for identity.

AMBETH R. OCAMPO is a public historian and independent curator whose research covers the late 19th century Philippines: its art, culture, and the people who figure in the birth of the nation.

At present he is Full Professor and former Chairman, Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University. He has held previous appointments at: University of the Philippines (Diliman), De La Salle University, San Beda College, Chulalong University (Thailand), Kyoto University, and Sophia University (Tokyo, Japan).

He also served as: President, Philippine Historical Association; Chairman, National Historical Commission of the Philippines; Chairman, National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

He has published over thirty-five books, writes a widely read editorial page column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and moderates a growing Instagram and Facebook fan page.

Other books by AMBETH R. OCAMPO:

The Paintings of E. Aguilar Cruz (1986)

Rizal Without the Overcoat rev. ed. (2011)

Makamisa: The Search for Rizal’s Third Novel rev. ed. (2009)

A Calendar of Rizaliana in the Vault of the Philippine National Library rev. ed. (2011)

Aguinaldo’s Breakfast (1993)

Bonifacio’s Bolo (1995)

Mabini’s Ghost (1995)

Teodora Alonso (1995)

Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. Agoncillo rev. ed. (2011)

Luna’s Moustache (1997)

The Centennial Countdown (...

Indice dei contenuti

• Introduction
• Mapping the Nation
• Been There, Done That
• Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa?
• Merlion in Singapore and Manila
• Araw ng Maynila, Araw ng Kastila
• John Paul II’s Blood, Christ’s Foreskin
• Crocodiles
• The Boxer Codex
• Anting-anting
• Stone-age Philippines
• Piloncitos and the Philippine Golden Age
• Isulat Mo Sa Tubig, Itaga Mo Sa Bato
• Two Monkeys on a Boat
• Indigenous Indio Genius
• The Bolinao Skull
• Dragon Boats and the Barangay
• Death Blankets
• Body Armor
• Saved From the Pawnshop Melting Pot