Philippines since 1986
(see also Philippines, Philippines: Marcos Era, Philippines: Muslim South, Philippines: Tribal Peoples, & Filipino American History, Life & Values)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Borderless World Does Not Preclude the Idea of a Home. Patricia Evangelista, Inquirer News Service (5/23/04). Prize-winning speech about diaspora & consciousness.
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Human Rights Watch: Philippines.
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Blitz, Amy. The Contested State: American Foreign Policy & Regime Change in the Philippines (Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).
Doria, Nito. The Economics of Social Justice: The Final Revolution (Manila: Rex Bookstore, 1999). Argument written in 1960s, deriving from Henry George & others, for tax reform to reduce profitability of land ownership.
Hedman, Eva-Lotta E. & John Sidel. Philippine Politics & Society in the 20th C.: Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial Trajectories (NY: Routledge, 2001).
Kelly, Philip. Landscapes of Globalization: Globalized Development in the Philippines (NY: Routledge, 2000).
Kerkvliet, Benedict J. Tria & Resil B. Mojares (eds.) From Marcos to Aquino: Local Perspectives on Political Transition in the Philippines (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila, 1991).
Kirk, Donald. Looted: The Philippines after the Bases (NY: St. Martin's, 1998).
Lane, Max R. The Urban Mass Movement in the Philippines (Canberra, 1990).
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Vigilantes in the Philippines: A Threat to Democratic Rule (NY, 1988).
__________. Out of Control. Militia Abuses in the Philippines (NY, 1990).
Sturdevant, Saundra P. & Brenda Stolzfus. Let the Good Times Roll: Prostitution & the U.S. Military in Asia (NY, 1992).
West, Lois. Militant Labor in the Philippines (Philadelphia, 1997).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Midnight Dancers" [1994], dir. Mel Chionglo, 118m. From First Run Features. Gay club life in Manila.