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A History of Resistance and Assimilation

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“If by rebellion you need to hope and desire, to labor and struggle by every peaceful means for the liberties of my country, and if for that you demand the penalty of death, then gladly, willingly shall I die.”

-José Rizal (1896)-

Filipino-American Writers

Jessica Hagedorn

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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Jessica Hagedorn and Cecilia Manguerra Brainard are both authors who discuss the impact of foreign influences on Filipino culture and history. Hagedorn deals mostly with the impact of mainly U.S. imperialism on the Philippine people. Brainard, on the other hand, deals mostly with the Filipino-American experience and the process and consequences of assimilation.