Chua / The Making of Jose Garcia Villas A Footnote to YouthChua
/ The Making of Jose Garcia Villas A Footnote to YouthTHE MAKING OF
JOSE GARCIA VILLASFOOTNOTE TO YOUTHJonathan ChuaAteneo de Manila
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-ni.ersit/A'!ta$tThis article recounts the storybehindthe
publicationof Villas stories andhis book Footnote to Youth: Tales
of the Philippines and Others (1933 in the !nited "tates# First$
the conditionsofthe
%&ericanliterary&arketplacearebrieflydescribed# "econd$
docu&entspertainin' to the reali(ation in print of Villas
stories and his book are analy(ed as sites of ne'otiations bet)een
colonial sub*ect (Villa and the colonial &aster (his
%&erican editorsandpublishers#Finally$an account ofho) Villa
)as&ade to circulate in the Philippines
afterthepublicationofhisstoriesandhisbookinthe!nited"tatesis'i+en#
Fro&thesediscussionsthearticlehopestosho)thatVillasself,fashionin'bypublication)asboth
sub*ect to and critical of the colonial condition$ alternately
reinforcin' it and challen'in' it#Ke"(od!Chua / The Making of Jose
Garcia Villas A Footnote to YouthPhilippine literature in -n'lish$
book history$ postcolonialis&$ e.otic$ authorA'out the
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2nterdisciplinary"tudiesof the %teneode 3anila!ni+ersity#
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/ose6arcia Villa(7887#
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Press#Chua / The Making of Jose Garcia Villas A Footnote to
YouthTHE )U*LICATION OF JOSE GARCIA VILLAS *OOK OF SHORT STORIES
Footnoteto Youth: Tales of the PhilippinesandOthersby 0harles
"cribners "ons in 1933 is re'arded as a &ilestone in Philippine
literary history# 4ere )as the first collectionof short stories by
a Filipino to be published in the !nited "tates$ *ust ei'ht
yearssince the publication of )hat is 'enerally ackno)led'ed as the
first successful shortstory in -n'lish by a Filipino$ Pa( 3ar9ue(
:enite(s ;1ead "tars#
