| Culture of the Philippines Including Philippine Arts, Literature, Music, Cinema, and Cuisine Contributor(s): Sing, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1276224532 ISBN-13: 9781276224536 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $21.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.78 lbs) 194 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The culture of the Philippines reflects the complexity of the history of the Philippines through the blending of many diverse traditional Malay heritage mixed with Spanish, American and other Asian cultures. Arts of the Philippines cover a variety of forms of entertainment. Folk art and primitive art consist of classic and modern features that flourished as a result of European and indigenous influences. Philippine literature illustrates the prehistory and European colonial legacy of the Philippines, written in both indigenous and Hispanic writing system. This book studies various aspects of Philippine culture including tanaga, tinkling, Philippine folk music, pinoy hip hop, and Metro Manila film festival. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |