What is the relationship between education, developmentalism, and the militarization of the Pacific? Dr. Nubla will address colonial representations that simultaneously infantilized and sexualized Filipinas/os during the American Occupation of the Philippines in the early twentieth century. These colonial materials — postcards, travelogues, and political cartoons that were circulated widely — prompted the U.S. public to invest in the military protection, educational system, and occupation of the islands to aid in the civilizational development of Filipinas/os after the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars. Yet, as Dr. Nubla will show, the figuration of the Filipina/o as a sexualized child also raises the specter of racialized pedophilia as a condition of this occupation. Gladys Nubla is Visiting Lecturer in the Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at Scripps College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in English and has published her academic articles and poetry in journals such as MELUS, positions: asia critique, Rocky Mountain Review, and LIT.
This event is co-presented by Scripps College Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Studies, Office of Public Events and Community Programs, Department of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, Department of History, Intercollegiate Feminist Center for Research, Teaching, and Engagement, and the Scripps Communities Of Resources & Empowerment (SCORE).