Book review: Who Are We

(Book picture taken from Vibal Shop website)

EXCERPTS from today's column of Michael L. Tan in the Philippine Daily Inquirer "Who Are We" of October 23, 2019.   A book review of a Filipiniana material worthy to be included in our library collection.

Vibal Publishing is probably better known for its excellent and innovative textbooks. Less known are its Academica Filipina series with intriguing titles: “More Hispanic Than We Admit” (volume 1 already out of print, with a volume 2 out now), “More Tsinoy Than We Admit” (Tsinoy being Chinese-Filipino), “More Islamic Than We Admit” and “More Pinay Than We Admit.” 

Except for the “Pinay” book, which concentrates on gender, all the others are useful reads as we ask ourselves: Who are we? 

Vibal’s publications remind us there is so much more to discover and celebrate in what makes the Filipino: a lively, if not sometimes chaotic, blend of cultures that is reflected in the most basic aspects of our lives, such as what we eat, what we wear, even what we think.

Read more: https://opinion.inquirer.net/124759/who-are-we#ixzz63Ef3eLnc