Date of Publication

12-12-2022

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in International Studies major in Asian Studies

Subject Categories

Asian Studies | International and Area Studies

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

International Studies

Thesis Advisor

Ron Bridget T. Vilog

Defense Panel Chair

Elaine C. Tolentino

Defense Panel Member

Christianne F. Collantes
Karl Cheng Chua

Abstract/Summary

The Philippine Comfort Woman statue failed to complete its heritagization process when the Philippine Department of Works and Highways (DPWH) removed the statue in 2018 and when the artist refused to give it back to the organizers on the day, it was to be reinstalled on the Redemptorist Baclaran Church. While the Philippine Government intervened in installing a Filipino Comfort Woman statue as it hinges on Philippine-Japan foreign relations, which may entail economic repercussions. The Filipino Comfort Women and the organizers, on the other hand, raised their ire and dissent over the statue’s removal and withdrawal. As a result, contesting narratives between the Philippine Government and Filipino Comfort Women and its supporters burgeoned, thereby making the Filipino Comfort Woman statue part of dissonant heritage. Using the theory of dissonant heritage and the underpinnings of the heritagization process, this research investigate the factors that contributed to failure of Filipino Comfort Women to achieve full-scale heritagization. Overall, this research argues that the Filipino Comfort Woman statue failed its heritagization process because the Filipino Comfort Woman statue became a conflicted heritage material.

Keywords: Philippine Comfort Woman Statue, Filipino Comfort Women, Filipino Comfort Women Civil Organizations and Supporters, Dissonant Heritage, Heritagization, Collective Memories

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Physical Description

192 leaves

Keywords

Comfort women--Philippines; Statues

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