Manuel Blanco’s El Indio and the History of a Rumor
The paper explores the social meanings that can be elicited from tracking the history of a rumor. It takes as its example the nineteenth-century apocryphal story of an Augustinian friar who labored for years on a treatise on the character of the Philippine native (indio) only to leave behind, upon h...
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Archīum Ateneo
2024
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss23/16 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1589/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n23_2014_5D_204.1_KolumKritika_Mojares.pdf |
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| Institution: | Ateneo De Manila University |
| Summary: | The paper explores the social meanings that can be elicited from tracking the history of a rumor. It takes as its example the nineteenth-century apocryphal story of an Augustinian friar who labored for years on a treatise on the character of the Philippine native (indio) only to leave behind, upon his death, a book of blank pages. Tracing the origins and passage of the rumor and unpacking the various interpretations of the story, the paper demonstrates what can be gained from the study of rumors in Philippine history. |
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