The Philippine Education Theater Association (PETA), the Peoples Theatre in the Philippines was founded within the bounds of the nationalist leftist tradition. Its origin therefore determines to a great extent the contours of the discourse on the feminist movement in the Philippines, its participation within the cultural movement and the founding years of the pioneering Peoples Theatre in the country. As a grass roots theatre from a Third World nation, the PETA theatre model responded to the needs in raising socio-political and economic consciousness and can therefore serve as an alternative tool to formal education for other Third World countries. This thesis argues, the Peoples Theatre development is determined within the matrix of gender, class, politics and the nationalist movement to which it is intertwined or inextricably linked. The feminist, nationalist and radical movements have become superimposed upon the history of the Peoples Theatre and have nurtured its development as a consciousness raising educational tool.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/217238 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Teoh, Remedios A, remedios.teoh@deakin.edu.au |
| Publisher | Deakin University. School of Social and International Studies |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | http://www.deakin.edu.au/disclaimer.html), Copyright Remedios A Teoh |
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