Passionate Revolutions: The Media and the Rise and Fall of the Marcos Regime

by Talitha Espiritu

Book Overview

In the last three decades, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has commanded the close scrutiny of scholars. These studies have focused on the political repression, human rights abuses, debt-driven growth model, and crony capitalism that defined Marcos' so-called Democratic Revolution in the Philippines. But the relationship between the media and the regime's public culture remains underexplored.

In Passionate Revolutions, Talitha...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896803120
• ISBN13: 9780896803121
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"