Ilonggos, Igorrottes, Merchants, and Jews: Shakespeare and American Colonial Education in the Philippines
I begin with a story of southwestern aztec rug bewilderment.Shortly after my return to the Philippines from graduate school in 1994, I found myself an accidental speaker on things Shakespearean at a small, very exclusive Opus Dei-run high school in a converted Lopez mansion in the outskirts of Iloilo.The speaking engagement was unplanned and rather