Damon Woods

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Damon L. Woods is a historian and author best known for his various works concerning early Philippine history, specifically focusing on documents "written by Tagalogs in the Tagalog language" from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. [1] His work on these texts have led to renewed scholarly discourse on the nature, significance and veracity of the "historical" Barangay [2] and of the larger settlements described in early texts as "Bayan" [3] [4]

Woods was a son of missionary parents, and grew up in Baguio, Philippines. [5] Damon Woods received his PhD in Southeast Asian History from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has since served as a lecturer at UCLA, University of California, Irvine, and California State University, Long Beach. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "UCLA Asia Pacific Center: Damon L. Woods (Profile)". www.international.ucla.edu. Los Angeles, California: UCLA Asia Pacific Center. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  2. Quezon, Manolo (2017-10-02). "The Explainer: Bamboozled by the barangay". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  3. Woods, Damon L. (2017). The Myth of the Barangay and Other Silenced Histories. Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines Press. ISBN   9789715428217.
  4. Werth, Brenda; Becker, Florian Nikolas; Hernández, Paola (2013-01-08). Imagining Human Rights in Twenty-First Century Theater: Global Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9781137027092.
  5. "UST PUBLISHING HOUSE RELEASES BOOKS BY AND ABOUT TOMAS PINPIN". publishinghouse.ust.edu.ph. Retrieved 2017-09-15.