“Sensing Manila directs us to another trajectory of urban and Manila studies—how we make sense, using senses, of our beloved city. Weaving a diverse range of tropes—from Philippine literature, ethnography in a gay bar, and videoke to fastfood consumerist subcultures, among others—Gary Devilles offers a sensible and sensitive mapping of Manila as amalgam for Metro Manila and the nation’s premier cosmopolis, and within global neoliberalism. It is a captivating and mesmerizing critical read of the formation and transformation of Manila, and its consequences for Philippine and global localities and identities.”
—Rolando B. Tolentino, University of the Philippines Film Institute
About the Author:
Gary C. Devilles writes reviews for Philippine Daily Inquirer. He edited Pasakalye: Antolohiya ng Panitikang Filipino and coedited Espasyo ng Kulturang Popular with Rolando Tolentino, both books published by Ateneo de Manila University Press. He graduated with an AB Philosophy and an MA in Literature at Ateneo de Manila University and PhD in Media Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Gary is the former chair of the Department of Filipino of Ateneo de Manila University and the current chair of Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino that gives the annual Gawad Urian Award.