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The Iconography of the Modern Filipina

From WikiPilipinas, Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images. The word iconography literally means “image writing”, or painting, and comes from the Greek εικον (image) and γραφειν (to write). (also Wikipedia)

Taking off from this definition, I must now endeavor to identify, describe and interpret the many images that the Filipina has assumed, voluntarily or involuntarily. My views are entirely mine; and myself being not one to qualify as a social scientist, anthropologist nor as a psychologist, readers must be warned to take them (my views) as just that: mine. (Then while you are at it, do take them with a grain of salt, it becomes more palatable that way

Using iconography is, in itself, insufficient to accurately define the Modern Filipina. I think so because images are just that – reflections of the original or attempts to contain a whole complex set of ideas, beliefs and definitions into something finite. Something that you can put a finger on, and say to yourself, “I think I understand/know/feel what the artist/writer wants to say/portray”. And as reflections go, they can be distorted: by the beholder’s limiting factors (prejudices, subconscious notions, culture, etc.); by the medium used to convey these images; and, I think more importantly in this case, by the persons conveying the images and their motives with which these images are formed and transmitted.

Read the whole article from my Scrapbooking Mommy site

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