Patria é intereses Reflections on the Origins and Changing Meanings of Ilustrado. - 4 0 16; Caroline Sy Hau.; 5 (Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University)
ABSTRACT : Miguel Syjuco's acclaimed novel Ilustrado (2010) was written not just for an international readership, but also for a Filipino audience. Through an analysis of the historical origins and changing meanings of ilustrado in Philippine literary and nationalist discourse, this article looks at the politics of reading and writing that have shaped international and domestic reception of the novel. While the novel seeks to resignify the hitherto class-bound concept of ilustrado to include Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), historical and contemporary usages of the term present conceptual and practical difficulties and challenges that require a new intellectual paradigm for understanding Philippine society.
Keywords: 2 -- 0; 6; Ilustrado -- Rizal -- Novel -- OFW -- Naionalism; 20; 2