Weaving cultures : the invention of colonial art and culture in the Philippines, 1565-1850 / René B. Javellana, S.J.

By:

Javellana, René B [author.]

Contributor(s):

Ateneo de Manila University Press [publisher.]

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789715507837

Other title:

Invention of colonial art and culture in the Philippines, 1565-1850

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

959.902 .J41 2017

LOC classification:

DS674

Summary: "This book reads the emergence of a unique art and culture in the Philippines during the colonial era from the optic of communications theory and the emerging theoretical discourse from information design. It views colonial exchange not primarily as an exchange of cultural goods, tangible or intangible, but as a negotiation forged by the communication between sender and receiver. In such a process, the cultural good is ineluctably transformed. Because emerging new cultural expressions involve communication, both sender and receiver interact in the creation of a new culture. Communication becomes a leveler because either side in the cultural dialogue can fail, which can also be an opportunity to find something exotic, novel, and unexpected, or to create something completely new. These two meanings of “invention,” as discovering and creating,weave in and out in the discourse of this book." --Amazon website

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print Materials	Main Library Filipiniana Section	Non-fiction	959.902 .J41 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0122781

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-358) and index.

"This book reads the emergence of a unique art and culture in the Philippines during the colonial era from the optic of communications theory and the emerging theoretical discourse from information design. It views colonial exchange not primarily as an exchange of cultural goods, tangible or intangible, but as a negotiation forged by the communication between sender and receiver. In such a process, the cultural good is ineluctably transformed. Because emerging new cultural expressions involve communication, both sender and receiver interact in the creation of a new culture. Communication becomes a leveler because either side in the cultural dialogue can fail, which can also be an opportunity to find something exotic, novel, and unexpected, or to create something completely new. These two meanings of “invention,” as discovering and creating,weave in and out in the discourse of this book." --Amazon website

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