THE CONVERSION by J. Neil Garcia
THE CONVERSION by J. Neil Garcia
THE CONVERSION by J. Neil Garcia
THE CONVERSION
J. NEIL GARCIA
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
groundbreaking
study, Philippine
Gay
awarded
a National
Book
Award by
editor
of
the
currently
Professor
Writing and
of English, Creative
Comparative Literature at
the
perspective
of post-
from
o Kaluluwa (2001),
in
the
Criticism (1998),
led
Garcia
to
confront
the
issue
of
the
Self:
Occasional
Prose (2003),
survey
and
analysis
won
several
literary
awards
including
the National
Book
lectures
611
legitimized homo
The Bearded Lady
INTRO:
GENDERS:
o male
o female
o lesbian
o gay
o transvestite
gender fuck
gender bend
u dont need to be opposite
o transsexual
knife
o transgender
girly clothes
POEM:
ago.
ANALYSIS:
Why CONVERSION?
o Dahil dun sa tubig= baptized
Lots of allusionBakit TUBIG SA DRUM?
o dahil daw natatanggal yong dumi sa
katawan
o oldest form of torture
o sets situation