Dancing Into Oblivion: The Pilipino Cultural Night and the Narration of Contemporary Filipina/o America

• Main Author: Gonzalves, Theodore S.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: cultural performances; Filipino American Studies; Filipino diaspora; national identity and communities
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss6/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1095/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n06_2005_5D_202.3_Article_Gonzalves.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

How have performances developed by Filipino Americans over the twentieth century conveyed important lessons about culture, nation, and community? In other words, what do Filipino American cultural performances have to say about the formation of “national identity” and “community”? I select three con...