Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs

Thisarticle argues that Ferdinand Marcos’s martial law regime can be labelled as traumatic based on studies that link the regime’s practices with victims manifesting signs of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An examination of martial law in the Philippines enriches cultural memory and trauma st...

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Main Author: Martin, Jocelyn; Department
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss4/3
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-43632024-08-07T03:42:03Z Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs Martin, Jocelyn; Department Thisarticle argues that Ferdinand Marcos’s martial law regime can be labelled as traumatic based on studies that link the regime’s practices with victims manifesting signs of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An examination of martial law in the Philippines enriches cultural memory and trauma studies by supporting genres other than (post)modern fiction such as memoir-writing and poetry; by explaining the notion of kapwa, which considers group culture in processes of healing; by putting forward the value of the sacred rather than the Western secular way of “healing”; and, lastly, by underscoring that resolution remains questionable, especially in societies of impunity.KEYWORDS: FERDINAND MARCOS • PTSD • MEMORY STUDIES • TRAUMA STUDIES • HOLOCAUST • FORGETTING 2019-01-03T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss4/3 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.4363 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4363/viewcontent/6522.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Thisarticle argues that Ferdinand Marcos’s martial law regime can be labelled as traumatic based on studies that link the regime’s practices with victims manifesting signs of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An examination of martial law in the Philippines enriches cultural memory and trauma studies by supporting genres other than (post)modern fiction such as memoir-writing and poetry; by explaining the notion of kapwa, which considers group culture in processes of healing; by putting forward the value of the sacred rather than the Western secular way of “healing”; and, lastly, by underscoring that resolution remains questionable, especially in societies of impunity.KEYWORDS: FERDINAND MARCOS • PTSD • MEMORY STUDIES • TRAUMA STUDIES • HOLOCAUST • FORGETTING
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author Martin, Jocelyn; Department
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Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs
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title Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs
title_short Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs
title_full Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs
title_fullStr Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs
title_full_unstemmed Martial Law as Philippine Trauma: Group Culture, the Sacred, and Impunity in Three Memoirs
title_sort martial law as philippine trauma: group culture, the sacred, and impunity in three memoirs
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss4/3
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