Phantasmatic Constructions: Language and Humor and the Interrogation of Identity in Contemporary Filipino Comic Plays

This paper examines the ways in which humor operates to interrogate and assert Filipino identity in the face of an ever invasive hyperreal intervention in Philippine contemporary life, in two contemporary comic plays, “Welcome to IntelStar” by Chris Martinez (2005), and “Psychedelia Apocalypsis” by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maria Rhodora G. Ancheta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Philippines 2011-12-01
Series:Humanities Diliman
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Online Access:http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/2764/2582