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Music was the site through which I explored the social, cultural, and expressive life of a Muslim minority group in the Philippines, the Magindanao. Their diverse musical genres served as loci through which I examined how local and global influences play a role in shaping Magind…

Drawing upon years of research in various archives, libraries, and other locations throughout the Philippines and the United States, this dissertation examines a formidable period of collaborative colonial identity formation and the primacy of imperial historicism as colonial di…