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Contracting Colonialism

Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish Rule

by Vicente L. Rafael

1988 230 pages eng

In an innovative mix of history, anthropology, and post-colonial theory, Vicente L. Rafael examines the role of language in the religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization during the early period (1580–1705) of Spanish rule in the Philippines. By tracing thi…

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