In the name of the mother: 100 years of Philippine feminist poetry, 1889-1989 - Hardcover

Santiago, Lilia Quindoza

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9715423450 ISBN 13: 9789715423458

Publisher: University of the Philippines Press with funding assistance from Ford Foundation Philippines, 2002

Synopsis

Discussion of feminist poetry in this book begins in the year 1889. This was the year when the women of Malolos won their struggle to establish an academy for the education of women. It was also in 1889 that the poems of Iloco feminist poet Leona Florentino were published and became known to the public. Florentino's poems were included in the anthology of Mme. Andzia Wolska, the Bibliotheque Internationale des Ouvres de Femmes and was exhibited at the "Exposition International" in Paris. These two events - the petition in writing by the women of Malolos to establish an academy for women and the publication of Florentino's poems - are historically significant in that they mark the capacity of women to have an impact in the development of literature and society, individually and collectively.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)

Edition details

• Publisher: University of the Philippines Press with funding assistance from Ford Foundation Philippines
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9715423450
• ISBN 13: 9789715423458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 385