Mediating and consuming memories of violence: the Jabidah massacre in the Philippines
Considered by many as the founding moment of Muslim separatism in Mindanao, the Jabidah massacre, which took place on Corregidor Island, involved the killing of Muslim trainees who were being prepared by the Philippine military in 1967 and 1968 to infiltrate and sabotage neighboring Sabah. This arti...
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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Critical Asian studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-250 |
| Further subjects: | B
Literature
B Film B Philippines B Muslim B Philippines Mindanao Religious conflict Muslime Christen Massacre Military Erinnerungskultur / Erinnerungspolitik Mass media Literature Film Verhältnis Gesellschaft - Staat B Religious conflict B Collective memory B State B Christian B Mass media B Society B Massacre B Military |
| Summary: | Considered by many as the founding moment of Muslim separatism in Mindanao, the Jabidah massacre, which took place on Corregidor Island, involved the killing of Muslim trainees who were being prepared by the Philippine military in 1967 and 1968 to infiltrate and sabotage neighboring Sabah. This article analyzes the ways by which memories of this iconic event have in the past four decades been recorded, remembered, mythicized, appropriated, or simply consumed for their own purposes by political elites, civil society actors, and ordinary people in the Philippines. Our angle of vision is directed toward what we term “contentious vectors” - news media, novels, films, and blogs - to analyze the processes by which memories are recast. The ways by which the Jabidah massacre is remembered and appropriated reflect the contestations between civil society and the government in the Philippines, as well as the intense rivalry among the political elites both within and between the Christian-elite-dominated Filipino polity and Muslim communities. The struggle to influence the shape of memories of Jabidah is part and parcel of an ongoing struggle to create competing nations-of-intent amidst the persistent tensions between the state and its dissenters. (Crit Asian Stud/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 1467-2715 |
| Contains: | In: Critical Asian studies
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