Popular Culture in the Philippine Perspective

Question 1

the man regarded to be one of the many “superstars” of popular culture.

Answer 1

william shakespeare

Question 2

popular culture: from folk culture to renaissance

Answer 2

wertz identified three popular culture milestones during this time: wedding ceremonies, music, and fashion

Question 3

globalization of popular culture occurred during the _______

Answer 3

age of exploration, when westerners began to explore the open seas and began trading with other civilizations

Question 4

examples of globalization of cultures:

Answer 4

philippines: the opening of suez canal allowed access to the popular culture of the west

china: introduction of opium almost ruined their countrymen because the british illegally sold them to the chinese black market

europe: got hold of chocolate because of their conquest of the americans, where cacao beans grow in abundance

johannes gutenberg: invention of the movable-type printing press helped spread knowledge further and became more accessible via mass-reproduced books.

Question 5

popular culture: the industrial age

Answer 5

theater plays became accessible, music pieces being written down, and the advent of film and tv

filipino cinema started as a form of high culture in 1897 by showing moving pictures at the salon de petierra in manila.

jose nepomucena directed the first original pinoy film, dalagang bukid in september 1919

Question 6

father of philippine cinema

Answer 6

jose nepomucena

Question 7

the industrial age: entertainment category

Answer 7

• printed media (books, journals, newspapers, comic books)
• radio (music, radio dramas)
• televisions

Question 8

the industrial age: lifestyle category

Answer 8

• fashion (sewing machine)
• food (cookbooks)
• camera (still images)
• dance (expression of culture into an expression of the performer

Question 9

the industrial age: sports, news, and politics category

Answer 9

• mass communication, such as newspaper coverages, radio hosting, and televised events such as competitions, press releases, and government announcements.

Question 10

the industrial age: technology

Answer 10

from telegraphs to mobile phones, the transfer of communication drives people to create new ways to stay connected.

Question 11

the pre-colonial philippines and their myths: entertainment

Answer 11

• each tribe had its own kundiman, epics, poetry, legends, and mythologies
• notable figures include lam-ang, urduja, bathala, talagbusao, ibu, bakunawa, pilandok, and the couple malakas and maganda
• traditional instruments, such as kulintang, bansik, kudyapi, and kubing

Question 12

the pre-colonial philippines and their myths: lifestyle

Answer 12

• clothes (abaca, nipa, and other sturdy plant fibers.
• native materials (iron, copper, and gold)
• pearls and tattoos

-through bartering, early Filipinos got silk, condiments (soy sauce and spices), porcelain

• architecture: nipa stilt houses and bamboo houses

-folk and tribal dances: tinikling, singkil, and the maglalatik

Question 13

the pre-colonial philippines and their myths: sports, news and politics

Answer 13

• slave trade, aliping namamahay (peasants and serfs) and the aliping saaguiguilid (prisoners-of-war turned into actual slaves)
• filipino martial arts (sikaran, yaw-yan, daga y latigo, panantukan, and arnis de mano) wrestling, archery, sipa, and sabong (cockfighting)

Question 14

the pre-colonial philippines and their myths: technology

Answer 14

• metak forging, pottery, weaving, and navigation
• engravings and wall writings such as the angono petroglyphs, baybayin and the laguna copperplate inscription

Question 15

spain: entertainment

Answer 15

• zarzuela (sarswela), pasion (pasyon), cenaculo (senakulo)
• awit and the corrido (ibong adarna, bernardo carpio, adn florante at laura
• noli me tangere, el filibusterismo

Question 16

spain: lifestyle

Answer 16

• barong tagalog and the baro’t saya
• pasodoble, fandango, curacha, rigodon, waltz, jota, polka, and lanceros
• adobo, pancit, champorado, pineapples, and leche flan
• western fine arts (spoliarium) and formal education (ateneo de manila university and the university of santo thomasP

Question 17

spain: sports

Answer 17

• fencing and gun duels
• football

Question 18

spain: news and politics

Answer 18

• propaganda movement and the gomburza
• dagohoy revolt, silang revolt, and the basi revolt
• prominent figurees incuding jose rizal, marcelo h. del pilar, emilio aguinaldo, teresa magbanua, and melchora aquino

Question 19

spain: technology

Answer 19

• electricity, light fixtures, materials from the galleon trade, pina fiber, firearms, and books

Question 20

americans: entertainment

Answer 20

• first radio station (1924)
• developed theater further during american occupation
• prominent icons: atang dela rama, paraluman, fernando poe, sampaguita pictures, and carmern rosales

Question 21

americans: lifestyle

Answer 21

• filipinos wore americana (suit and pants ensemble for men) while filipinas wore flapper dresses alongside maria clara
• food: frankfurters (hot dogs), fried chicken, pot roasts, and cheesecake
• dance: foxtrot, square dance, conga, rhumba, ballet, and jive

Question 22

americans: sports

Answer 22

• basketball, volleyball, boxing

Question 23

americans: news and politics

Answer 23

• bataan death march, the comfort women, the tokkeitai, the kenpeitai, aguinaldo’s exile, the battle of tirad pass, and the filipino-american war
• notable individuals: william, mckinley, william howard taft, leonard wood, antonio luna, gregorio del pilar, apolinario mabini, etc

Question 24

americans: technology

Answer 24

• radio and film
• medicine
  -agriculture
  -food processing (beer and carbonated drinks)

Question 25

the flourishing pop culture after WWII: entertainment

Answer 25

- ABS-CBN, GMA (global media arts or greater manila area), RPN (radio philippines network) - prominent film companies include regal entertainment and seiko films, prominent film and TV icons include fernando poe, jr., glorio romero, rosa rosal, dolphy, nida blanca, and zaldy zshomack - OPM (original pilipino music) - animations (astroboy, voltes v, gumby, teenage mutant ninja turtles, thundercats, and ghostbusters.