A post-colonial reading of three novels by Ty-Casper, Rosca and Hagedorn.

• Main Author: De Manuel, Ma. Teresa Luz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: Novels, Philippine.; Women authors.; Asian Americans in literature.; Rosca, Ninotchka. State of war.; Casper, Linda Ty. Small Party in a garden.; Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters.
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/1317
• Institution: De La Salle University

The dissertation addresses the problem of how contemporary Philippine American novels are representative of post-colonial literature. The novels are described as having emerged out of the experience of colonization and readings of the texts point out the themes which foreground the tension between...