TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - Michael G. Hawkins
ED  - 
ED  - 
ED  - 
ED  - 
SN  - 2
PY  - 0000///46
CY  - Quezon City, etc., : Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2010
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KW  - 
KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - Secret agents;Masculinity
KW  - Philippine cinema;Tony Ferrer
KW  - Postcolonial
KW  - sears;sears0
N1  - ABSTRACT :  Suave and sophisticated in the service of the nation, the secret agents who dominated Filipino film culture in the late 1960s were men in command of their times. Although derided by critics as not truly Filipino, merely crass copies of foreign fare, this article asserts that these cinematic secret agents were necessary heroes deeply and triumphantly engaged with the trials and possibilities of the postcolonial age. These Filipino James Bonds offered bracing pathways for imagining a hip and virile Filipino masculinity, a modern nation secure against the threats of the Cold War era, and a culture holding the lingering colonial influence of the United States under its sway; 5
ER  -