Embodying the Nation: Filipino Pictorial Moments of the 1994 GATT Treaty Debate

• Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 1997
• Subjects: Nationalism; Political debate; Soul; Countries; Senators; Commercial treaties; Trade; Voting; Debate; Race and Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/26; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=history-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

A fortnight after the Philippine Senate ratified the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GAT) and three days before the annual observance of national hero Jose Rizal's martyrdom, the intertwining of body and nation was given visual expression by a libidinous prankster....