The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence

Thisarticle discusses colonial misrepresentations of a marginalized occupational group in the American Philippines. Colonial authorities had pinned their hopes on the transformative power of motorized transportation, which they introduced in Manila. They regarded cocheros or carriage drivers as reli...

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Main Author: Pante, Michael D.
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2012
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol60/iss4/2
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-39492024-08-07T03:42:03Z The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence Pante, Michael D. Thisarticle discusses colonial misrepresentations of a marginalized occupational group in the American Philippines. Colonial authorities had pinned their hopes on the transformative power of motorized transportation, which they introduced in Manila. They regarded cocheros or carriage drivers as relics of a backward past that the progress of modernity would render extinct. However, the cocheros were not easily eradicated, and frustrated colonial authorities tagged them as barriers to modernity. Thisarticle analyzes this colonial discourse and offers a nuanced characterization of a voiceless yet ubiquitous group.Keywords: Urban transportation • working classes • American colonialism • modernity • imperialism 2012-12-03T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol60/iss4/2 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/3949/viewcontent/5471.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Thisarticle discusses colonial misrepresentations of a marginalized occupational group in the American Philippines. Colonial authorities had pinned their hopes on the transformative power of motorized transportation, which they introduced in Manila. They regarded cocheros or carriage drivers as relics of a backward past that the progress of modernity would render extinct. However, the cocheros were not easily eradicated, and frustrated colonial authorities tagged them as barriers to modernity. Thisarticle analyzes this colonial discourse and offers a nuanced characterization of a voiceless yet ubiquitous group.Keywords: Urban transportation • working classes • American colonialism • modernity • imperialism
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author Pante, Michael D.
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The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence
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title The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence
title_short The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence
title_full The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence
title_fullStr The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence
title_full_unstemmed The Cocheros of American-occupied Manila Representations and Persistence
title_sort cocheros of american-occupied manila representations and persistence
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2012
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol60/iss4/2
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/3949/viewcontent/5471.pdf
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