Filipino Woman Writing by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo

Filipino Woman Writing: Home and Exile in the Autobiographical Narratives of Ten Writers by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo From the back cover: Twenty years have passed since this groundbreaking book was first published. In 1994, there was hardly any “life writing” being published in the Philippines, let alone critical commentary of it. Hidalgo retrieved what she called “autobiographical narratives” by Filipino women from their essay collections, columns, and sundry other publications, and focused on how they wrote and rewrote themselves while writing of their “homes.” The UST Publishing House has decided to re-issue Hidalgo’s book, with a new Preface by the author, because the field remains relatively unexplored today (despite the publication of many more memoirs by Filipinas) and its insights remain fresh and relevant. CRISTINA PANTOJA HIDALGO has published more than 30 books, including 2 novels, 5 short story collections, 13 Non-Fiction collections, and 4 works of literary commentary. She