Working in the academe or applying for a newspaper job is no longer an option considering the fact that I have five children to raise. I’m not from a rich family. I’ve been on my own since I’ve become a young dad of two kids and I’ve never depended on anyone, not even on ...
The native, whom they pretend to regard as an imbecile, is not so much so that he does not understand that it is ridiculous to work himself to death to become worse off. A proverb of his says that the pig is cooked in its own lard, and as among his bad qualities he has the good...
wreaking havoc on Manila, in July of 1990. The novel is written in an unusual format. The chapters could be described as character sketches offering insight into various people who were in (or next to) the Camarin building when it collapses in the earthquake. Rather than the usual...
Through an intermediary of the priest known as “babaylan,” sacrifices and rituals are being offered to intercede for healing in times of sickness or request for a bountiful harvest (Reyes, 1985). Aside from their social structure, they believed in an invisible society that coexists with them...
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In Peter Bacho's novel Cebu (1991), Ben Lucero, a Filipino American Catholic priest living in Seattle, makes his first trip to the Philippines to bury his ... Patterson,C. B. - MELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U S 被引量: 1发表: 2014年 ...
His mother wanted him to become a priest but Graciano preferred medicine. He tried to study at the University of Santo Tomas but was denied, for what he finished in the seminary was not equivalent to a bachelor’s degree. To learn medical practices, he was nonetheless advised to serve as ...