Jose Rizal Traversing the United States of America

[This is a revised and longer version of an earlier essay entitled “Understanding Rizal Without Veneration.”]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

E. SAN JUAN is co-director of the Board of Philippine Forum, New York City, and heads the Philippine Cultural Studies Center in Connecticut, USA He was recently visiting professor of literature at the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, and professor of American Studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Among his recent books are BEYOND POSTCOLONIAL THEORY (Palgrave), RACISM AND CULTURAL STUDIES (Duke University Press), WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRADICTIONS (Bucknell University Press)US IMPERIALISM AND REVOLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES (Palgrave) and IN THE WAKE OF TERROR (Lexington Books). Three books in Filipino were launched in Manila, Philippines, in 2007: HIMAGSIK (De La Salle University Press), TINIK SA KALULUWA (Anvil), and SAPAGKAT INIIBIG KITA (University of the Philippines). Last year, two books were issued: BALIKBAYANG SINTA; AN E. SAN JUAN READER (Aeneo University Press) and FROM GLOBALIZATION TO NATIONAL LIBERATION (University of the Philippines Press). He is currently Spring 2009 Fellow of the WEB Du Bois Institute, Harvard University.

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