This little book collects two long essays on Jose Rizal and his writings. The essays are both concerned with interpretation and its role not only in imagining Rizal, but also in making, unmaking, and remaking community.
Caroline S. Hau is professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. She is the author of several books, including Elites and Ilustrados in Philippine Culture (Ateneo Press, 2018), and Necessary Fictions: Philippine Literature and the Nation, 1946-1980 (Ateneo Press, 2000).
