Synopsis
In Ascending the Fourth Mountain, Maria Virginia Yap Morales tells her story of the martial law years and of the widespread participation of women against violations of human rights and sexual abuse under military detention. This book is the story of a woman who struggled for equality within a revolutionary movement and fully participated to draft the orientation of the Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (MAKIBAKA) which had its origins in the years before martial rule. More than that, this book is the author’s inner journey to discover and study herself, and to eventually see through the mote in her own eye that blurs a fourth mountain looming large, blocking her vision of political and social transformation.
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About the Author
Maria Virginia Yap Morales writes primarily about Philippine political and social history. With this book "Ascending the Fourth Mountain," she completes a trilogy of the Filipino story from the vantage point of her birthplace which is the little-written-about southern island of Mindanao. She is the author of "Balay Ukit: Tropical Architecture in Pre-WWII Filipino Houses" (Anvil, 2013) which won a national book award in 2014. She is also the author of "Diary of the War: WW II Memoirs of Lt. Col. Anastacio Campo" (Ateneo University Press, 2006).
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