"An extremely rich, original, and insightful work. Famously gifted in style and nuance, Rafael ranks among the few contemporary scholars in Asian studies whose writings merit--and reward--careful rereading. This book not only illuminates twentieth-century Philippine history with great sophistication and subtlety but also treats colonialism, nationalism, and constructions of gender and race in ways that many non-Philippine specialists are certain to find interesting and fruitful."--John T. Sidel, author of "Capital, Coercion, and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines"

Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Episodic Histories 1
1. White Love: Census and Melodrama in the U.S. Colonization of the Philippines 19
2. Colonial Domesticity: Engendering Race at the Edge of Empire, 1899-1912 52
3. The Undead: Notes on Photography in the Philippines, 1898-1920s 76
4. Anticipating Nationhood: Identification, Collaboration, and Rumor in Filipino Responses to Japan 103
5. Patronage, Pornography, and Youth: Ideology and Spectatorship during the Early Marcos Years 122
6. Taglish, or the Phantom Power of the Lingua Franca 162
7. Writing History after EDSA

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8. “Your Grief is Our Gossip”: Overseas Filipinos and Other Spectral Presences 204
Notes 229
Bibliography 265
Index 277