De estatura regular: Height and Filipino Bodily Representations during the Spanish Colonial Period (1521–1898)

• Main Author: Lasco, Gideon; University
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol68/iss1/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1033/viewcontent/De_20estatura_20regular_20_5Bvol._2068_20no._201_20_282020_29_2057_E2_80_9382_5D.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Thisarticle seeks to contribute to the “history of height” in the Philippines by looking at Filipino bodily representations and height differences during the Spanish colonial period. From Pigafetta’s account onward, European chroniclers typically described Indios (natives) as having average, varied,...