Screen LibraryPassionate revolutions : the media and the rise and fall of the marcos regime /
"In the last three decades, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has commanded the close scrutiny of scholars. These studies have focused on the political repression, human rights abuses, debt-driven growth model, and crony capitalism that defined Marcos' so-called Democratic Revolution in...
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Ohio University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Athens, Ohio : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ;
number 132 |
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| Summary: |
"In the last three decades, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has commanded the close scrutiny of scholars. These studies have focused on the political repression, human rights abuses, debt-driven growth model, and crony capitalism that defined Marcos' so-called Democratic Revolution in the Philippines. But the relationship between the media and the regime's public culture remains underexplored. In Passionate Revolutions, Talitha Espiritu evaluates the role of political emotions in the rise and fall of the Marcos government. Focusing on the sentimental narratives and melodramatic cultural |
| Carrier Form: | 276 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-267) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780896803121 0896803120 9780896803114 0896803112 |
| Index Number: | DS686 |
| CLC: |
K341.5 D734.19 |
| Call Number: | D734.19/E777 |
| Contents: | Introduction : the power of political emotions -- The first quarter storm -- Social conduct and the new society -- National discipline and the cinema -- Popular struggles and elite politics -- The media and the second coming of the first quarter storm -- The new politics, Lino Brocka, and people power -- Conclusion : the force of national allegory. |