03317cam a2200433 i 4500 20491228 20180709145321.0 180319s2018 ne b 001 0 eng c 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 1 shelf copy policy default LBSOR xm08 2018-05-22 xn11 2018-05-30 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. rl46 2018-07-09 (telework) to CALM 2017056557 9789027200495 (hb : alk. paper) 9789027264275 (e-book) LBSOR/DLC eng rda LBSOR DLC pcc a-ph--- BF697.5.S65 N46 2018 155.2 23 Narrative, identity, and the city : Filipino stories of dislocation and relocation / editing and commentary by Raul P. Lejano, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University ; storytelling by Alicia P. Lejano, Josefina D. Constantino, Aaron J.P. Almadro and Mikaella Evarist. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] viii, 170 pages ; 25 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier FILLM studies in languages and literatures, 2213-428X ; volume 8 "Raul P. Lejano offers a boldly original synthesis of narratology, psychology, and human geography. This helps him articulate his two main insights: that our identity as individuals, though not completely determined by sociocultural factors, nevertheless profoundly reflects our embeddedness in particular places; and that the way we think of, or would like to think of, our own identity is most readily captured in the stories we tell about ourselves. Most revealing of all, he suggests, are our stories about coming to grips with an entire city, especially when our experience of it is actually one of dislocation or relocation - when we in some sense or other "lose" a city to which we have hitherto belonged, or when we "find" a new one. By way of illustration the book includes four specially commissioned autobiographical stories by writers of Filipino origin, which Legano's analytical chapters compare and contrast with each other within his interdisciplinary frame of reference. At once learnedly sophisticated and readably empathetic, his commentaries are underpinned by a basically phenomenological orientation, which leads him to view human individuals as essentially relational beings, naturally inclined to enter into dialogue with both their fellow-creatures and the larger environment"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Identity (Psychology) Social aspects. Filipinos Migrations. Cultural geography Philippines. Narration (Rhetoric) Lejano, Raul P., 1961- editor. Lejano, Alicia P., author. Constantino, Josefina D., 1920- author. Almadro, Aaron J. P., author. Evaristo, Mikaella, author. Online version: Narrative, identity, and the city Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027264275 (DLC) 2018024963 LBSORCIP 2018-05-10