“Book Descriptions: What purpose do monuments serve in Filipino society? Defaced, politicized, personalized, or simply ignored, they now appear to stand for everything which they are not. Critiquing the use and abuse of monuments, this study investigates the ways monuments serve to provide an incisive criticism of social reality, and yet also produce, rewrite, and politicize historical practices of remembrance. No longer functioning as keepers of memory to be consumed/used by the public, monuments have come to stand stolidly as parodies of a people's past and present. Analyzed as texts, both cultural and literacy, monuments are able to offer a view of history as literally weaved into the urban fabric and which allows for social, historical, and cultural critique. It is the tension between remembering and forgetting that is explored in this book.” DRIVE
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