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Buhol-Buhol / Entanglement: Contemporary Theatre in Metropolitan Manila

by Sir Anril Pineda Tiatco
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9783034327213
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
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  • Pages: 234
  • Original Price: GBP 66.05
  • Language: English
  • Edition: New ed
  • Item Weight: 336 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

This book proposes entanglement as a useful idiom for understanding the contemporary Manila theatre. Drawing on its Tagalog counterpart, buhol-buhol, entanglement is conceived not only as a juxtaposition among elements, but also as a process of muddling and snaring. Taken together, these affirm the entangled character of contemporary Manila theatre in overlapping representations, histories, relationships and genres, while at the same time marking some problematic limitations in the treatment of chosen subjects by Manilan artists. The reason for this is that while these entanglements render Manila theatre far more complex than the accusations of mimicry and inauthenticity frequently leveled at Filipino culture, artists are often caught up in a more intractable buhol-buhol than they are willing or able to recognize. Four figures of buhol-buhol are identified in this book: pista (fiesta), kapuluan (archipelago), patibong (trap), and nangingibang-bayan (overseas-worker). In conceptualizing these figures of entanglement, the discussions start by illustrating their materiality and performativity before proceeding to reflections about how these are directed towards the complexity of Manila theatre.

Sir Anril Pineda Tiatco earned his PhD in Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore. He was a visiting scholar at the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures in the University of Manchester in August 2012 until February 2013. Tiatco is also associate professor at the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts in the University of the Philippines Diliman.

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