Nicanor G. Tiongson is a critic, creative writer and academic from the
Philippines
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. He holds a Bachelor of Humanities degree from the
Ateneo de Manila University
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, and M.A. and Ph.D. in
Philippine Studies
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University of the Philippines
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. A founding member of the
Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, Tiongson is currently Professor Emeritus of
Film
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and Audio-visual Communication at the College of Mass Communication in
U.P. Diliman
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.
Tiongson was a Visiting Professor at
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
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History
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in
Japan
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; and
Fulbright Visiting Professor at the
University of California, Berkeley
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;
University of Michigan
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;
University of California, Los Angeles
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; and
University of Hawaii
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at
Manoa
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. Tiongson also received an
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Cultural Award for his extensive research on Philippine culture, resulting in two works on Philippine
drama
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: ''Kasaysayan at Estetika ng Sinakulo at Ibang Dulang Panrelihiyon sa Malolos'' and ''Kasaysayan ng Komedya sa Pilipinas''.
Tiongson was vice-president and artistic director of the
Cultural Center of the Philippines
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(CCP) from 1986 to 1994.
Tiongson was also the Philippine Director of ''Sangandaan 2003'', a cultural commemoration that highlighted the arts and media produced by
Filipinos
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, Americans and
Filipino-American
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s in the course of Philippine-U.S. relations from 1899 to 2002.
During his short term as Director of the
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
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(MTRCB), Tiongson played a role in the controversy surrounding a film popularly known as ''Live Show''. The film, directed by
Jose Javier Reyes
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, focused on performing women and men who engaged in sex acts onstage at some night clubs in the
Manila
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area.
Live Show
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was banned after Cardinal Archbishop
Jaime Sin of Manila denounced the film and labeled it "immoral" and "in violation of the campaign for moral reform." Tiongson resigned shortly after Philippine President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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banned ''Live Show'', and noted his conviction that the President had been pressured by influential Filipino members of the
Catholic
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Church.
Tiongson has taught Philippine
literature
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,
theater
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, and general
culture
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at the
University of the Philippines
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, the
Ateneo de Manila University
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, established = December 10, 1859
, religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Jesuits)
, academic_aff ...
,
De La Salle University-Manila
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, the
University of Hawaii
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and the
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
, abbreviated to OUFS or , , or was a national university in Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan. It was dedicated to area studies and the study of foreign languages and their related cultures.
History
Osaka University of Foreign Studies (OUFS) wa ...
. He also taught
Filipino
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and Philippine
literature
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at the College of Arts and Letters,
University of the Philippines
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from 1974 to 1986. Among the books he edited are: ''The Cultural Traditional Media of ASEAN'', ''The Urian Anthology'', the ''Politics of Culture: The Philippine Experience'', ''Tuklas Sining'', and the 10-volume ''CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art''. For his publications, he has received five
National Book Awards
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The Nat ...
from the
Manila Critics Circle and two ''Surian ng Wikang Pambansa'' awards.
Tiongson was criticized for his opposition to the proposal of bestowing the National Artist honor to the late
Dolphy
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. The incident was vividly recalled by National Artist for Theater Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez wherein Tiongson "stood violently" and protested passionately on the proposal. Tiongson admitted that he had reservations on the installation of Dolphy with the prestigious award.
[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/07/10/12/tiongson-clarifies-comments-dolphy ] Tiongson wrote: “I believed that the two icons he created for film and TV – the screaming gay and the happy-go-lucky poor man – have, in the majority of his movies, equated gayness with abnormality and mindless frivolity on the one hand, and romanticized or deodorized poverty on the other.”
Works
Books
Political, Social and Cultural Studies
*''Four values in Filipino Drama and Film ''
*''The Cultural Traditional Media of ASEAN''
*''The Urian Anthology, 1970-1979'', 1980
*''Kasaysayan ng Komedya sa Pilipinas, 1766-1982'', 1982
*''Politics of Culture: The Philippine Experience'', 1985
*''Tuklas Sining: Essays on Philippine Arts'', 1992
*''Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume I: Rituals, Dances and Playlets'', 1999
*''Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume II: Komedya'', 1999
*''Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume IV: Sarswela and Dance'', 1999
*''Philippine Theater: A History and Anthology. Volume V: Modern Plays'', 1999
*''The Women of Malolos'', 2004
*''Plaridel : Journal of Philippine Communication, Media and Society'', February 2004 Vol.1, No.1. (coedited with Violeda A. Umali)
Drama
*''Philippines Circa 1907'', 1985
Encyclopedia
*''CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art'', 1994
Dance Librettos
*''Adarna''
*''Realizing Rama''
*''Siete Dolores''
Honors and awards
*Visiting Professor,
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
, abbreviated to OUFS or , , or was a national university in Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan. It was dedicated to area studies and the study of foreign languages and their related cultures.
History
Osaka University of Foreign Studies (OUFS) wa ...
,
Japan
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*Visiting Professor,
University of Hawaii
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at
Manoa
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Neighbo ...
*Visiting Professor,
University of California, Berkeley
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*Visiting Professor,
University of Michigan
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, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
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, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
*Visiting Professor,
University of California, Los Angeles
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*
National Book Awards
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The Nat ...
from the
Manila Critics Circle
*Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (Komisyon ng mga Wika ng Pilipinas) Awards
*
Fulbright Exchange Professorship
*
Australian
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Cultural Award
*U.P. Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Teacher (Professor Level)
References
External links
National Book AwardsTagalog On Site(archived version)
Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino
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Living people
Filipino writers
Tagalog-language writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Ateneo de Manila University alumni
Ateneo de Manila University faculty
Osaka University faculty
University of the Philippines alumni
University of the Philippines faculty