The Bago and the Matandá: Representations of the Colonizer in Spanish Narratives about the Philippines in the Late Nineteenth Century

• Main Author: Arnáiz, Cristina Guillén
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Spanish Literature; aplatanado; colonizer subject; environmental influence; pathologization; Spanish national construction.
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss37/15; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1886/viewcontent/KK_2037_2C_202021_2015_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Spanish_20Literature_20on_20the_20Philippines_20__20Arn_C3_A1iz.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article sets out to explore two of the most prominent recurring figures in Spanish literary production about the Philippines at the end of the nineteenth century: the so-called bago, a Spaniard who is “new” to the islands, meaning that they just arrived in the Philippines, and the bago’s counte...