Temporality in Nick Joaquin's The Woman Who Had Two Navels

Temporality in Nick Joaquin's The Woman Who Had Two Navels

Nick Joaquin has been read as nostalgic of Filipino Hispanic culture. While it’s true that most of Joaquin’s works deal with the country’s Hispanic past, his works account for more than just nostalgia. A lot of studies that make use of postcolonial theory show how this Filipino Hispanic culture as d...

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Main Author: Arong, Marie Rose
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
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Joaquin
modernity
narrative form
postcolonial fiction
temporality
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss30/35
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1768/viewcontent/KK_2030_2C_202018_20_26_2031_2C_202018_2035_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Nick_20Joaquin_20Now_20Texts_2C_20Concepts_2C_20and_20Approaches_20__20Arong.pdf
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-17682024-12-19T02:30:04Z Temporality in Nick Joaquin's The Woman Who Had Two Navels Arong, Marie Rose Nick Joaquin has been read as nostalgic of Filipino Hispanic culture. While it’s true that most of Joaquin’s works deal with the country’s Hispanic past, his works account for more than just nostalgia. A lot of studies that make use of postcolonial theory show how this Filipino Hispanic culture as depicted in Joaquin’s works can be construed as a form of resistance against US neocolonialism, on one hand, and nativist nationalism, on another. Using postcolonial and narrative theories, this paper argues that Joaquin’s The Woman Who Had Two Navels should also be read as a strategy for resisting US neocolonialism and a critical view of nativism, shedding light on the disjunction among history, culture, and literary consciousness. 2024-12-19T03:09:29Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss30/35 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1768 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1768/viewcontent/KK_2030_2C_202018_20_26_2031_2C_202018_2035_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Nick_20Joaquin_20Now_20Texts_2C_20Concepts_2C_20and_20Approaches_20__20Arong.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo Joaquin modernity narrative form postcolonial fiction temporality
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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continent Asia
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Philippines
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topic Joaquin
modernity
narrative form
postcolonial fiction
temporality
spellingShingle Joaquin
modernity
narrative form
postcolonial fiction
temporality
Arong, Marie Rose
Temporality in Nick Joaquin's The Woman Who Had Two Navels
description Nick Joaquin has been read as nostalgic of Filipino Hispanic culture. While it’s true that most of Joaquin’s works deal with the country’s Hispanic past, his works account for more than just nostalgia. A lot of studies that make use of postcolonial theory show how this Filipino Hispanic culture as depicted in Joaquin’s works can be construed as a form of resistance against US neocolonialism, on one hand, and nativist nationalism, on another. Using postcolonial and narrative theories, this paper argues that Joaquin’s The Woman Who Had Two Navels should also be read as a strategy for resisting US neocolonialism and a critical view of nativism, shedding light on the disjunction among history, culture, and literary consciousness.
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss30/35
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