April 3, 2023
Author Datu Michael Ong Mastura dives deep into the history of the Magindanao Sultanate in the new book, The Rulers of Magindanao in Modern History, 1515-1903: Continuity and Change in a Traditional Realm in the Southern Philippines. The book opens with the question, "How likely was it that the ancient Filipinos developed a concept of statehood at pre-colonial contact?" From there, Mastura draws on various sources, including the luwaran (code) and tarsila (genealogy) to reconstruct a dynastic history of the southern Philippines across 388 years.
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April 3, 2023
Multi-awarded journalist and bestselling author Marites Dañguilan Vitug releases the revised edition of her investigative work on Philippine forestry, Power from the Forest: The Politics of Logging. Reissued by the Ateneo University Press, this book is now available for purchase.
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March 29, 2023
The Ateneo University Press is proud to announce that 16 of its titles are finalists for the 40th National Book Awards. The National Book Awards, organized by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle, is an annual prize that honors “the most prestigious book titles written, designed, and published in the Philippines.”
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March 29, 2023
The Ateneo University Press and Kyoto University Press are proud to announce that the new book Packaged Food, Packaged Life: Corporate Food in Metro Manila Slums by Heriberto Ruiz Tafoya is now available.
Author Heriberto Ruiz Tafoya delves into the consumption of packaged food diets in the global south, with a focus on Metro Manila slums. In Packaged Food, Packaged Life, Tafoya argues that the prevalence of corporate food brands in these communities is not simply a matter of individual choice, but is instead the result of historical circumstances that limit opportunities for a better life.
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March 27, 2023
Multidisciplinary work, Abaca Frontier: The Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformation of Davao, 1898–1941, by historian Patricia Irene Dacudao is now available at the Ateneo University Press.
Abaca Frontier tells the story of how abaca, a crop processed for cordage, transformed the region of Davao and its inhabitants. Written by historian Patricia Irene Dacudao, this book presents a fresh perspective on the local history of Davao, incorporating global forces—commerce, culture, and the colonial developmental project—into its narrative.
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March 27, 2023
The Ateneo University Press is proud to announce that Robin Thiers’ Tales of the Post-Plantation: Unlikely Protagonists of Modern Philippine Banana History is now available.
Tales of the Post-Plantation is a groundbreaking look into the commercial production and export of Cavendish bananas in Davao City. Rather than focusing solely on elite interests, Thiers tells the stories of small-scale farmers, a fungus, and the bananas themselves.
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March 27, 2023
The Ravaged World: The Short Fiction of Rosario de Guzman-Lingat, translated from the Filipino by Soledad S. Reyes is now available from the Ateneo University Press. Building on the success of The Locked Door and Other Stories (Ateneo University Press, 2017), this book offers insight into the varied experiences of postwar society through short-story form.
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February 27, 2023
In commemoration of the 37th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, the Ateneo University Press released the digital edition of the iconic book, People Power: An Eyewitness History.
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February 26, 2023
The Ateneo University Press is proud to announce the release of the Philippine edition of ethnomusicologist and interdisciplinary scholar Grace Nono’s Babaylan Sing Back: Philippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place.
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February 26, 2023
The Ateneo University Press launched on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution its newest Marcos and Martial Law-related title, False Nostalgia: The Marcos "Golden Age" Myths and How to Debunk Them. Written by economist and University of the Philippines assistant professor Jan Carlo Punongbayan, the book was officially launched at the UP School of Economics Auditorium, UP Diliman, Quezon City, and joined by Emmanuel De Dios, Marites Dañguilan Vitug, and Mona Magno-Veluz who served as discussants for the event.
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February 26, 2023
The Ateneo University Press launched the new title, Martial Law in the Philippines: Lessons and Legacies, 1972-2022, this February 21, 2023, at the Ateneo School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University. Edited by Edilberto C. De Jesus and Ivyrose S. Baysic, Martial Law in the Philippines is composed of essays revisiting the martial law regime imposed by Ferdinand Marcos Sr. fifty years ago. This book provides information and analyses of its legacy of complex and contentious issues that still require resolution.
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February 22, 2023
HOT OFF THE PRESS—An anthology about the pandemic response in the Philippines is now available at the Ateneo University Press.
Titled Lockdown and Lowdown: The Politics of COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Philippines, this compendium presents accounts of the COVID-19 pandemic response from the perspective of local governments within the frame of national-local political relations and exigent arrangements under a state of emergency. The specific measures pursued by the government—lockdowns, testing, isolation, emergency assistance, and vaccination—are discussed by examining how national guidelines set by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases are carried out by local government units. Simultaneously, the roles of the military, police, and academic institutions present on the ground and the plight of overseas Filipino workers are highlighted to illustrate the pandemic’s sector-specific concerns.
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