“From Savages to Soldiers”: Igorot Bodies, Militarized Masculinity, and the Logic of Transformation in Dean C. Worcester’s Philippine Photographs

• Main Author: Fernandez, Juan
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol71/iss2/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1164/viewcontent/From_20Savages_20to_20Soldiers_20_5Bvol._2071_20no._202_20_282023_29_20245_E2_80_9374_5D.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Thisarticle argues that the photographic and textual portrayals of Igorot headhunters in Dean Worcester’s work functioned beyond mere displays of “savage” masculinity. Photographs of Igorot men were the basis of Worcester’s civilizational argument, whose logic of transformation depended on the valor...