Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years

by Nathan Quimpo, Vicente L. Rafael (Foreword by), Susan F. Quimpo, Nathan Gilbert Quimpo

Overview

From the 1960s to the 1990s, seven members of the Quimpo family dedicated themselves to the anti-Marcos resistance in the Philippines, sometimes at profound personal cost. In this unprecedented memoir, eight siblings (plus one by marriage) tell their remarkable stories in individually authored chapters that comprise a family saga of revolution, persistence, and, ultimately, vindication, even as easy resolution eluded their struggles.

Subversive Lives tells of attempts to smuggle weapons for the New People’s Army (the armed branch of the Communist Party of the Philippines); of heady times organizing uprisings and strikes; of the cruel discovery of one brother’s death and the inexplicable disappearance of another (now believed to be dead); and of imprisonment and torture by the military. These stories show the sacrifices and daily heroism of those in the movement. But they also reveal its messy legacies: sons alienated from their father; daughters abused by the military; friends betrayed; and revolutionary affection soured by intractable ideological differences.

The rich and distinctive contributions span the martial law years of Ferdinand Marcos’s rule. Subversive Lives is a riveting and accessible primer for those unfamiliar with the era, and a resonant history for those with a personal connection to what it meant to be Filipino at that time, or for anyone who has fought political repression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780896804951
Publisher:	Ohio University Press
Publication date:	07/29/2016
Series:	Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series , #130
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	31 MB
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About the Author

Susan F. Quimpo is an art therapist and counselor. Besides her private practice, she works with civil society groups to help alleviate trauma in communities affected by typhoons and war, and provides therapy to political prisoners and victims of human rights violations. She also writes for Philippine news publications.

Nathan Gilbert Quimpo, a longtime political activist in the Philippines, is an associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He is the author of Contested Democracy and the Left in the Philippines after Marcos.

Table of Contents

The Family Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Contents Part 1: IN THE SHADOW OF THE PALACE 1: Lantern Parade 2: Little Brown Brother on the Rise 3: 538 Second Street Part II: WINDS OF CHANGE 4: The First Activist in the Family 5: Watching the Storm 6: Nothing Like Having Two Good Legs 7: A Christian’s Choice 8: A Radical Activist at an Elite University 9: Fallout at Cervini 10: Mother Inviolate Part III: CLEAR, PRESENT, AND GRAVE DANGER 11: Paper Shredders 12: UG Life, Interrupted 13: People’s War 14: Choral Singing Behind Barbed Wire 15: In the Glare of Photo Lamps 16: Fugitive 17: A World Apart 18: The Doña Andrea-FB Elvie Affair 19: Lillian 20: Awit sa Kasal Wedding Song Part IV: OUTSIDE MANILA: WHITE AREAS AND GUERRILLA FRONTS 21: White Areas 22: Sunog! Wildfire! 23: Hot and Cold 24: Last Rites 25: In the Cult of the Father 26: Where’s Jun? Where’s Jan? 27: Letters from the Red Zone 28: Reality Check 29: Diwa Part V: ESCAPE AND DEFIANCE 30: Departure 31: A Warm Davao Welcome 32: Pondering Insurrection 33: Globe Steel 34: Like There Was No Tomorrow 35: Asylum 36: Boycott Unless 37: Welgang Bayan!(People’s Strike!) 38: Press Conference in a Guerrilla Zone 39: Puto Bongbong VI: ENDGAME 40: Debate 41: An Encounter with the CIA 42: The End of a Revolution AFTERMATH Acronyms and Abbreviations Annex A Index