HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Water Torture, Ilustrado, Consumerism
23 Apr 2018
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People of philippines portrayed as a baby. Older children civilized + putting on american clothes. Water where mckinley is bathing baby is labeled civilization. Look like clothing that uncle sam wears. Red section where bathing is happening meant to be blood. Show images of war + suffering in background. Legacy of spanish colonization of philippines (1565 to 1898) Colonists move west from the original 13th colonies. Process of acquiring land -> move indigenous people from their lands + war against them to conquer them. Philippines seen as gateway into market of the pacific. Mary louise pratt, imperial eyes: travel writing and transculturation, 1992. Social spaces -> cultures meet in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of domination and subordination such as colonialism and slavery, or their aftermaths . Opportunity to enrich its power as an empire like other nations. Want to acquire wealth, natural resources, + markets. Also can force indigenous people into labor. Political, economic, social, cultural, religion, educational, etc.
