Virginia Woolf once said, ““For most of history, Anonymous was a woman,” but in this day and new century where we seriously celebrate Women’s Month every March, this is no longer the case. With the theme “Babae, tagumpay ka ng bayan!” this year’s Women’s Month honors women who embody the ideals of professionalism and humanity in various disciplines.
We celebrate the achievements of these women who share their expertise and wisdom through books by them and about them.
The Drama of It: A Life on Film and Theater by Daisy Hontiveros Avellana
A front row seat to the life and times of National Artists Daisy H. Avellana and director Lamberto V. Avellana, pioneers of Filipino theater, film, TV and radio. Daisy H. Avellana helped elevate and popularize both Filipino and foreign plays and encouraged the founding and professionalization of Filipino theater groups. She was honored as a National Artist for Theatre in 1999.
The Shared Voice: Chanted and Spoken Narratives from the Philippines by Grace Nono
Over fifteen years of sustained interaction with Filipino oralists and personal practice of a number of Philippine oral traditions. This award-winning book features the life journeys and insights of ten Filipino oralists from a vast spectrum of Philippine ethnolinguistic groups in Luzon and Mindanao. Grace Nono is a Philippine award-winning musical performing artist, Philippine studies researcher/author, cultural worker/ administrator and a student of Ethnomusicology.
Tikim: Essays On Philippine Food And Culture by Doreen G. Fernandez
“Writing about food is not a matter of dipping into the thesaurus to discover the many ways to say ‘tasty.’ Instead it means digging deep into human experience, because tasting, eating and savoring are very intimate ventures,” Doreen G. Fernandez writes in the introduction of this 1998 Gintong Aklat award-winning book. Doreen Gamboa Fernandez is a well-known and well-loved writer whose work focused on cultural history, drama, theater history, literary history and culinary history. She was a regular and widely read columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and was most popularly known for her writings on food. Many of today’s food writers and bloggers credit her pioneering efforts in food history as the source of their work.
The Filipino Family Surviving the World: The Psychology of Pinoy Families by Ma. Lourdes A. Carandang and Queena Lee-Chua
The Filipino family today is facing many changes, within itself and in the larger society. Award-winning clinical psychologists Dr. Ma. Lourdes “Honey” Arellano-Carandang and Dr. Queena N. Lee-Chua discuss the impact of these developments on parents, teens, and children, while suggesting ways to coping with changes. Dr. Ma. Lourdes “Honey” Arellano-Carandang is a well-known child psychologist. Dr. Queena Lee-Chua is a teacher, award-winning writer and professor of mathematics and psychology at the Ateneo de Manila University. Queena has also written pioneering books on parenting and math and science. Both women are awardees in the field of education, psychology and science.
Coming To Terms: Writings On Midlife By 15 Women and Women on Fire by Lorna Kalaw-Tirol
Two books that look closely at the different perspectives of that anxiety-filled phase and provide insights that will empower all women to face the inevitable. Women on Fire is the passionate sequel to the award-winning anthology, Coming to Terms, and looks further into the point of view of women who have been through it all: about fear, anger, and falling in love.
Dr. Aurora H. Roldan, Ed.D., is a Reading Specialist and a pioneer in the fields of reading and gifted education in the Philippines, who developed the Children's Reading Lab (Concept Development Through Reading and Language) textbook series, which includes her developmental reading program for preschool children. The series specializes in Concept Development, a reading approach Dr. Roldan has developed and used in her instructional materials. She has also created reading programs for all educational levels in several leading schools and universities in the country, including St. Scholastica's College-Manila, University of Santo Tomas, and De La Salle University.
Dr. Margarita Holmes, PhD is a versatile author who is unafraid to speak her mind and does so to liberate and educate people everywhere. Her books tackle gender topics and issues, often in the question and answer format of advice giving. Several of her books are direct compilations of articles written for national and local publications like the Manila Times and Abante where her frank approach to topic people are often too shy to mention otherwise have garnered her a large following. Dr. Holmes has also written for international publications like Newsweek, Time, Asiaweek, and the Far Eastern Economic Review. She has written a total of seventeen books, eight in English and nine in Filipino.
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