The Political Logic of Populism in the Philippines: The Presidencies of Quezon, Magsaysay, and Marcos

The Political Logic of Populism in the Philippines: The Presidencies of Quezon, Magsaysay, and Marcos

2024. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints 72 (3): 393–428. The article examines the foundation and formation of populist logic in the Philippines, focusing on the presidencies of Manuel Quezon, Ramon Magsaysay, and Ferdinand Marcos—leaders who relied heavily on populist rhetoric. Combining grounded theory and critical discourse analysis, I trace the populist logic in past…

The Politics of Nostalgia and the Marcos Golden Age in the Philippines

The Politics of Nostalgia and the Marcos Golden Age in the Philippines

2021. Asia Review 11 (3): 273–304. The increasing incidence of disinformation in the Philippines promotes romanticized recollections of Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law (1972–1981). While the general scholarship remembers the era for its horrors and atrocities, narratives circulated online claim that Marcos’ rule made the nation great and that several groups and institutions conspired to distort people’s memory,…

Advertising as Propaganda: The Promotion of Pro-Filipino Consumption Behavior in the 1930s

Advertising as Propaganda: The Promotion of Pro-Filipino Consumption Behavior in the 1930s

2021. Southeast Asian Media Studies Journal 3 (2): 25–49. In the 1930s, several advertisements appealing to nationalist sentiments bore the mark of NEPA, or the National Economic Protectionism Association. NEPA was formed by Filipino business magnates who embraced Manuel L. Quezon’s call for the strengthening of the Philippine economy and its industries. For almost half…

Americanization of the Filipino Food and Kitchen: Promoting Refrigeration and Ice Cream in the 1920s

Americanization of the Filipino Food and Kitchen: Promoting Refrigeration and Ice Cream in the 1920s

2019. Southeast Asian Media Studies 1 (1): 15–30. Curricula, cookbooks, and advertisements published in the early 1900s provide a means by which we can see the various ways that the Americans attempted to influence all aspects of Filipino life following their colonial agenda. How did the Americans use food and technology so foreign to Filipinos…