Empire's Proxy Howard Sercombe In her genre-defying satires

In her genre-defying satires

Covering all the key themes

healthy community life relies on the celebration of festivals

to faiths from which Christianity and the Eucharist emerge

Empire's Proxy Howard Sercombe In her genre-defying satiresPart of the American Literatures Initiative Series In the late nineteenth century, American teachers descended on the Philippines, which had been newly purchased by the U. S. at the end of the Spanish American War. Motivated by President McKinley's project of "benevolent assimilation," they established a school system that centered on English language and American literature to advance the superiority of the Anglo Saxon tradition, which was held up as