| ID | 160260 |
| Title Proper | Pamitinan and Tapusi |
| Other Title Information | Using the Carpio legend to reconstruct lower-class consciousness in the late Spanish Philippines |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Scalice, Joseph |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Reynaldo Ileto, in his classic Pasyon and Revolution, sought the categories of perception of the Filipino ‘masses’ that guided their participation in the Philippine Revolution. Among the sources he examined was the Carpio legend, which he unfortunately subsumed to the separate, elite Carpio awit (Tagalog poem). Through a detailed examination of the legend's historical and geographical context, with its invocation of two locations, Pamitinan and Tapusi, I arrive at a different understanding of lower-class consciousness than Ileto. Rather than a counter-rational expression of peasant millenarianism, the legend of Bernardo Carpio was a ‘hidden transcript’ celebrating the history of social banditry in the region. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of South East Asian Studies Vol. 49, No.2; Jun 2018: p.250-276 |
| Journal Source | Journal of South East Asian Studies 2018-08 49, 2 |
| Key Words | Spanish Philippines ; Pamitinan and Tapus |