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Alidio A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) in The University of Michigan 2001 Doctoral Committee: Professor Richard Candida Smith, Chair Associate Professor Susan Lee Johnson Professor Terrence J. McDonald Associate Professor Amy K. Stillman Professor Stephen H. Sumida Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 3016786 Copyright 2001 by Alidio, Kimberly A. All rights reserved. __ ____ __ (J) UMI UMI Microform 3016786 Copyright 2001 by Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Kimberly A. Alidio 2001 All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project began as a seminar paper during my first year in graduate school, and, since then, I have racked up many debts to many people, near and far. Shortly after reading that first seminar paper, Richard Candida Smith began to direct this dissertation with consummate insight and unflagging generosity. Our conversations made it possible for me to see cultural practice, narrative strategies, and the circulation of ideas as critical issues in understanding the workings of power, race and identity. The breadth of Richard’s knowledge is equalled by the depth of his friendship and genuine interest in sharing intellectual inquiry. In various ways over the years, Susan Lee Johnson, Terry McDonald and Steve Sumida provided the bones of this project, and, with Amy Stillman, comprise a warm and supportive dissertation committee. I lucked out in finding an encouraging and brilliant community at the University of Michigan. Many thanks to Tamar Barzel, Jason Chang, Paul Ching, Tom Guglielmo, Larry Hashima, Colin Johnson, Emily Lawsin, Nhi Lieu, Scott Kurashige, Toan Leung, Rama Mantena, Kate Masur, Gail Nomura, Dias Pradadidarma, Teresa Macedo Pool, Jeff Rangel, Pama Sengupta, Nikki Stanton, Jeanne Theoharis, Penny von Eschen, and Deling Weller. Coursework with Carol Karlsen, Rudolf Mrazek, George Sanchez and Ann Stoler led me to many of the ideas which I propose here. Javier Morillo-Alicea and our “1898” reading group skillfully critiqued earlier parts of the dissertation. The students in my “History of Filipinos in the U.S.” class, especially Roseanne Magat and Catherine Ellingson, helped me to think through the connections between empire and identity. Anna Pegler Gordon, Nsenga Lee, Cindy Wu, Richard Kim and John McKieman Gonzalez invited me to join a dissertation writing group that has come as close to an ideal ii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. intellectual community as I’ve ever encountered. Richard and John were the first people in graduate school who made any sense at all to me, and I continue to rely on them for their sense of humor, their penchant for gossip, and their drive to portray people of color as complex agents of history. For their indispensible, everyday presence in my life, I give thanks for Robin Li, Carla McKenzie and Grace Wang. Outside the University of Michigan and beyond academia, I have been fortunate to share cultural work, scholarly interests and political endeavors with Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Desireena Almoradie, Nerissa Bale e-Cortes, Rick Bonus, Janel Brooks, Lucy San Pablo Bums, Oscar Campomanes, Karin Candelaria, Cathy Chen, Kelli Covey, Kerri Covey, Theo Gonzalves, Clara Hiroshi Hatanaka, Charles Hawley, Rey Ileto, Fil Inocencio, Allan Isaac, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Paul Kramer, JeeYeun Lee, Christine Lipat, Haruna Madono, Martin Manalansan, Rachel Mattson, Jason McGill, John Rosa, Wigan Salazar, Kelvin Santiago-Valles, kt shorb, and Benito Vergara. Veronica Boutelle, David Loftesness, Christine and Ketan Mayer-Patel gave me a wonderful home during a month-long research visit in Berkeley. Jee-Seon Frederickson and Janina Hagen did the same in Minneapolis, nearly convincing me to relocate to the Twin Cities. From my first years at Oberlin College, Camille Guerin-Gonzales and Anuradha Dingwaney Needham have been inspiring mentors; to become their colleague has made graduate school a worthwhile journey. Linda Nueva Espaha Maram has a singular, indelible, and irreducible place in my life. Many archivists and librarians guided me through dauntingly huge collections and located the needle in the haystack, particularly the staff at University of California’s Bancroft Library, the Chicago Historical Society, the Chicago Theological Seminary, the Cornell University Library, the National Archives and Records Administration n, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Reference Collections. It was a pleasure to return many times to the University of Chicago’s Regenstein Library and the Bentley Library at the University of Michigan. Special thanks to Dagmar Getz at the Y.M.C.A. of the U.S A. iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Archives, Fe Susan Go at the University of Michigan’s Southeast Asian Reference Library, and Tom Kiug for sharing his knowledge of the INS archives. I carry a huge debt of gratitude to Estrella and Justo Alamar of the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago. I have received generous financial support from the University of Michigan History Program and the Horace H. Rackham Graduate School, as well as grants from the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. I am grateful to the patient and friendly Sheila Williams and Loma Alstetter in the History Department. This dissertation is dedicated to the late Felicidad Alidio, Turiano Alidio, Gregory Hunter and Emesto Sison, and especially to my grandmother, Presentation Sison, who passed away while I was writing the final chapters. The Alidios, Cabalos, Centenos, Pangasnans and Sisons raised me on family stories which they told in three languages and frequently finished behind closed doors. In that sense, they gave me my first training in archival research. Thanks especially to Rosanna Pangasnan, Carlos Sison and Tomas Sison for commenting on chapter drafts. My brother Armand was my first confidante, and, over the course of this project, he and my sister-in-law Kae cheered me on without fail. Even when they were bemused by the lengthy process, Veniedo and Linda Alidio gave me moral and financial support during my entire graduate school career, as well as a quiet place to write in their home for a year and a half. Above all, I thank my parents for their love and faith. Lastly, my gratitude goes out to Barbara Malaran, partner in all my journeys. iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................ii Introduction. Between Benevolent and Ethnic Assimilation ............................................. I Chapter 1. “When I Get Home, I Want To Forget”: Letters Home from Two American Teachers in the Occupied Philippines ..............................................................19 Chapter 2. Acquisition and Advancement: Race Development, Colonial Rule and Primary Schooling in the Philippines.............................................................................. 54 Chapter 3. Student Migrations: Racialized Bodies, Cosmopolitan Nationalism and the “New Filipino” ....................................................................................................91
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