Articles by Ruth de Llobet
Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana, 2018
Luis Rodríguez Varela is a late eighteenth, early nineteenth century author, whose work constitut... more Luis Rodríguez Varela is a late eighteenth, early nineteenth century author, whose work constitutes a very interesting example of Philippine criollista pamphlet writings. Represented in the nineteenth and twentieth century by intellectuals or activists as a practically proto-nationalist figure, in this chapter we will see that his political position was more attuned with a late-Baroque common sense. The ideas and texts that he presented or showed in the context of the Hispanic American independence wars reveal a very singular criollo Filipino identity.
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 45, n.2, , Jun 2014
""Set in 1813 during the implementation of the 1812 Constitution in Manila, this case study of th... more ""Set in 1813 during the implementation of the 1812 Constitution in Manila, this case study of the conflict between natives and Chinese mestizos over seating arrangements in a small parish church demonstrates how the new charter challenged the hierarchies of colonial political space. Despite its centralist aim, the constitution instead empowered multiple ethnic groups, while reinforcing local notions of self-government and autonomy. Though a brief period, it was a significant one, as natives and Chinese mestizos constructed complex political identities. In turn, these identities set a political precedent that later re-emerged during the second constitutional period (1820–1823) with more wide reaching political consequences.
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6 Luis Rodríguez Varela (17651824) era regidor perpetuo del Ayuntamiento como Blanco. Ade más, er... more 6 Luis Rodríguez Varela (17651824) era regidor perpetuo del Ayuntamiento como Blanco. Ade más, era Caballero de la Orden de Carlos III y ostentaba, cuando podía pagar las medias annatas, el título nobiliario de Conde Filipino. Es uno de los pocos panfletistas, posiblemente el único, de inicios del siglo XIX del cual han llegado noticias y se conservan suficientes obras. Sus panfletos de 1809 son el único testimonio publicado, conocido, que queda de ese año. Fue autor prolífico hasta su muerte en Sevilla en 1824. 7 Además Mariano Fernández de Folgueras era un partidario de Godoy, quien había obtenido el cargo gracias al hecho de que le unía una amistad con el Príncipe de la Paz. Los partidarios de Godoy se convirtieron en todo el imperio, no sólo en la Península, en sospechosos colaboracionistas con los franceses.
Book Chapters by Ruth de Llobet
Book Reviews by Ruth de Llobet
LEDDY. The Hispanization of the Philippines: Spanish Aims and Filipino Responses, 1565-1700, Madi... more LEDDY. The Hispanization of the Philippines: Spanish Aims and Filipino Responses, 1565-1700, Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 2011, 218 pages, 26.95, soft cover.
Pilipinas: A Journal of Philippine Studies, Jan 1, 2005
In The Promise of the Foreign, Vicente Rafael further develops his concept of the power of transl... more In The Promise of the Foreign, Vicente Rafael further develops his concept of the power of translation so eloquently explored in his earlier book, Contracting Colonialism. This earlier work concentrated on the role played by translation in the conversion to Christianity and in the formation of early colonial society in the Tagalog region of the Philippines. Conversion by translation--or mistranslation--not only gave access to new and foreign constructions but also led to a new sociopolitical reality by the beginning of the eighteenth century. Through Tagalog beliefs and practices of translation, the natives transformed the new cultural reality, adapting and then converting it into a form of resistance against the colonizer, resulting in what has been called in Latin America the "ambiguity of the conquest."
The Journal of Asian Studies, Jan 1, 2011
Dissertation by Ruth de Llobet
My doctoral dissertation is entitled "Orphans of Empire: Bourbon Reforms, Constitutional Impasse,... more My doctoral dissertation is entitled "Orphans of Empire: Bourbon Reforms, Constitutional Impasse, and the Rise of Filipino Creole Consciousness in an Age of Revolution". The thesis marshals new data to study a period in Philippine history that has received little scholarly attention, and, in the process, offers an important new perspective to the historical analysis of the origins of Filipino nationalism. In broad terms, the project examines the evolution of political identity and social formations that shaped the nationalist and modernist reform movements of the second half of the nineteenth century in the Philippines.
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, creoles developed a new identity that was differentiated from the Spaniards, setting the basis for mainstream political discourse over nation, ethnicity, and modernity in the late nineteenth century. This process happened within the imperial framework of economic reforms brought by the Bourbons to the colonies at the end of the eighteenth century. It was reinforced as the disintegration of the Spanish empire happened in the first half of the nineteenth century. Within this context, the reformulation of the relationship between the metropolis and the remaining colonies introduced to the Filipino upper classes new avenues to frame their political discourse and their relationship with the metropolis.
Two main contributions of the dissertation are to fill a major gap in the political history of the Philippines and to provide a re-interpretation of the origins of Filipino nationalism. The dissertation not only contributes new historical data, but also a critical narrative for a long-neglected period of political Philippine history, the period from the 1770s to the 1840s. Most historians of the Philippines have concentrated their research and analysis on the late nineteenth century, emphasizing the social and economic transformations that led to the modernist reform movements, the 1896 “national” rebellion against Spain, and the war against the United States (1899-1902). There are few works on earlier periods and almost none of them attempt to trace these later developments back to those that occurred a half century earlier. Only the works of the writer and cultural historian Nick Joaquin had attempted to understand the significance of the political culture that emerged among early nineteenth-century creoles. Clearly, creole political sentiments, ideas, and actions informed the events that took place later, not only in Manila but also throughout the Philippines.
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During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, creoles developed a new identity that was differentiated from the Spaniards, setting the basis for mainstream political discourse over nation, ethnicity, and modernity in the late nineteenth century. This process happened within the imperial framework of economic reforms brought by the Bourbons to the colonies at the end of the eighteenth century. It was reinforced as the disintegration of the Spanish empire happened in the first half of the nineteenth century. Within this context, the reformulation of the relationship between the metropolis and the remaining colonies introduced to the Filipino upper classes new avenues to frame their political discourse and their relationship with the metropolis.
Two main contributions of the dissertation are to fill a major gap in the political history of the Philippines and to provide a re-interpretation of the origins of Filipino nationalism. The dissertation not only contributes new historical data, but also a critical narrative for a long-neglected period of political Philippine history, the period from the 1770s to the 1840s. Most historians of the Philippines have concentrated their research and analysis on the late nineteenth century, emphasizing the social and economic transformations that led to the modernist reform movements, the 1896 “national” rebellion against Spain, and the war against the United States (1899-1902). There are few works on earlier periods and almost none of them attempt to trace these later developments back to those that occurred a half century earlier. Only the works of the writer and cultural historian Nick Joaquin had attempted to understand the significance of the political culture that emerged among early nineteenth-century creoles. Clearly, creole political sentiments, ideas, and actions informed the events that took place later, not only in Manila but also throughout the Philippines.
Diccionary Entries by Ruth de Llobet
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During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, creoles developed a new identity that was differentiated from the Spaniards, setting the basis for mainstream political discourse over nation, ethnicity, and modernity in the late nineteenth century. This process happened within the imperial framework of economic reforms brought by the Bourbons to the colonies at the end of the eighteenth century. It was reinforced as the disintegration of the Spanish empire happened in the first half of the nineteenth century. Within this context, the reformulation of the relationship between the metropolis and the remaining colonies introduced to the Filipino upper classes new avenues to frame their political discourse and their relationship with the metropolis.
Two main contributions of the dissertation are to fill a major gap in the political history of the Philippines and to provide a re-interpretation of the origins of Filipino nationalism. The dissertation not only contributes new historical data, but also a critical narrative for a long-neglected period of political Philippine history, the period from the 1770s to the 1840s. Most historians of the Philippines have concentrated their research and analysis on the late nineteenth century, emphasizing the social and economic transformations that led to the modernist reform movements, the 1896 “national” rebellion against Spain, and the war against the United States (1899-1902). There are few works on earlier periods and almost none of them attempt to trace these later developments back to those that occurred a half century earlier. Only the works of the writer and cultural historian Nick Joaquin had attempted to understand the significance of the political culture that emerged among early nineteenth-century creoles. Clearly, creole political sentiments, ideas, and actions informed the events that took place later, not only in Manila but also throughout the Philippines.