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The Day the Dancers Stayed
Performing in the Filipino/American Diaspora
Theodore S. Gonzalves (Author)
9781592137299
Paperback / softback, published 15 October 2009
228 pages
21 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.274 kg
A rite of passage for Filipino American college students, Filipino Cultural Night challenges official accounts of the past
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
1. The Art of the State: Inventing Philippine Folkloric Forms (Manila, 1934)
2. “Take It from the People”: Dancing Diplomats and Cultural Authenticity (Brussels, 1958)
3. Dancing into Oblivion: The Pilipino Cultural Night (Los Angeles, 1983)
4. Repetitive Motion: The Mechanics of Reverse Exile (San Francisco, 1993)
5. Making a Mockery of Everything We Hold True and Dear: Exploring Parody with Tongue in a Mood’s PCN Salute (San Francisco, 1997)
Conclusion
Epilogue: Memoria
Notes
Bibliography
Index