UNITAS Journal
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As the oldest university-based multidisciplinary journal of its kind in the Philippines and possibly in Asia, UNITAS is a rich source of information and insights in understanding various aspects of the history of knowledge production in the Philippines across the disciplines. Established in 1922, UNITAS will celebrate its centenary in 2022, so a look into the rich history of the journal itself has been made possible by the UST Heritage Library Collections which has painstakingly scanned all copies of UNITAS starting from its very first issue published in July 1922. This was done for the preservation and digitalization of the journals and for the convenient perusal of specialists, scholars, and general readers. To view all the issues of UNITAS starting 1922, click here.
To find issues from volume 82 (2009) onwards, please type the volume number in the slot below and click on “SEARCH.” The current issue of UNITAS is available on this page.
Vol 89 No 1 – Millennial Traversals: Outliers, Juvenilia, & Quondam Popcult Blabbery (Part II: Expanded Perspectives)
The second part of Millennial Traversals provides continuity with the first by opening with reviews. It also departs from the first by picking out reviews of “non-films,” specifically an opera, an autobiographical account, a postmodern novel, and an anthology of short fiction. These are either scholarly and journal published, or the hundred-plus movie mini-critiques that will constitute the years-in-the-making canon project commissioned by Summit Media.
Vol 88 No 2 – Subversions of Desire: Prolegomena to Nick Joaquin
The significance of Subversions of Desire by E. San Juan, Jr. in the history of literary and cultural criticism in English in the Philippines need not be belabored. First published in 1988, it is the only book-length collection of essays by an individual author tackling in-depth the full breadth of the oeuvre of Nick Joaquin (a.k.a. Quijano de Manila), one of the country’s national artists and most important authors.
Vol 88 No 1 – Millennial Traversals: Outliers, Juvenilia, & Quondam Popcult Blabbery (Part I: Traversals Within Cinema)
The first part of Millennial Traversals provides an exploration and reassessment of the film and culture industry in the Philippines. This includes the reappraisal of the Golden Ages of Philippine Cinema, the Metro Manila Film Festival, and various local filmfests. Examining the confluence of film and culture in the Philippines, these traversals within cinema also showcase reviews and critiques of foreign films alongside old and new millennium pinoy films.
Vol 87 No 2 – The Organic Intellectual in Filipino Drama 1903-1907: From Resistance to Agency
Abstract This study analyzes the protagonists of three dramatic pieces, written and performed in the early 1900s, and their archetypal qualities and struggle tactics. It provides a detailed sketch of the fictional character as a worker-intellectual,recognizing in his artistic efforts a creative strategy for establishing national unity. The selections are scrutinized according to a perspective […]
