Gravities of Center
What I liked about Reyes' Anthropologic is that her format helped the reader come to their own conclusion re: the St. Louis Fair exhibition of Filipinos. For example, she simply presented facts, like newspaper headlines or photo captions. She depicted a type of form with the subject's names. Or she gently asserted her own opinion with "land of mo(u)rning". This subtle style was much appreciated. Even the blank spaces helped the reader focus on the facts and keep an even, consistent pace to taking it all in.

So often authors seem too much in a hurry to assert their point of view, which is often filled with bitterness and contempt for the past injustices. There's nothing wrong with that, but sometimes we need to help others come to that point for themselves by presenting them with facts and giving them the freedom to make up their own minds.

So again, I appreciate that she was not in a hurry to bash the majority for their past acts but she let the facts speak for themselves.

- posted by aileen @ 1:45 PM