tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post798237247141220937..comments2024-03-17T03:19:46.208-04:00Comments on Color Online: Color Me Brown LinksColor Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-81263228510037776332010-01-09T22:44:01.674-05:002010-01-09T22:44:01.674-05:00Thanks so much for the link up of my review of a M...Thanks so much for the link up of my review of a Map of Home. <br /><br />And yes I will be "piping up here in 2010". :)<br /><br />To respond to the comments - funny thing is that I don't recall a lot of bad language in the book. <br /><br />I do know the subject matter is very down to earth, bringing up subjects that may be difficult to deal with - such as questions about one's sexuality. So many books today use profanity I am surprised that it was an issue for anyone.<br /><br />Any how sorry about this late comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360453947198770223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-19642940838220639522010-01-02T11:28:50.981-05:002010-01-02T11:28:50.981-05:00Hi Mel,
Thank you so much for the cultural lesson...Hi Mel,<br /><br />Thank you so much for the cultural lesson and introduction. Are you familiar with Tarie's blogs? How old are your daughters? <br /><br />Tarie does an excellent job reviewing children and YA books across cultures. She's Phillipino Check out <a href="http://peteredmundlucy7.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Into The Wardrobe</a> and <a href="http://asiaintheheart.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Asia in the Heart, World on the Mind</a>. <br /><br />Please let me know if you'd be interested in guess blogging here. I have been enjoying your reviews.Color Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-12175859301413058052010-01-02T02:20:20.801-05:002010-01-02T02:20:20.801-05:00Michelle is right-Mel is short for melvin-I am ver...Michelle is right-Mel is short for melvin-I am very into the Women Unbound Challenge as one of the dominant focuses of my life is to help my three daughters to become wise, strong, happy women while being true to the best of their Filipino cultural roots-a rising above those that should be left behind<br /><br />I see how the media effects them-every day they see ads for products to lighten the skin, all of the women popular on tv and in tv commercials are way lighter in skin tone than as is typical of Filipino women-women carry umbrellas to keep the sun off them (this is not a terrible idea for health reasons but that is not why they do it)-often you will see a dark skinned poorly dressed female (none as a "yaya") holding an umbrella over a female child to keep the sun off her-I tell my daughters that skin shade has nothing to do with the worth of a person-sometimes I think they listen but it hard to fight the massive cultural biases and media to the contrary-in part this is a legacy of Spanish rule reinforced by American racial attitudes that prevailed during the American Rule of the Philippine but it is also an attitude prevalent in Chinese Philippino families-a lot of this is the legacy of colonialism but not all of it-The preference for lighter skinned mates,for example, was dominant in Imperial China before any period of real contact with the west-In never colonized Thailand dark skin is very looked down upon and is seen as a sign the person is a farm laborer in the rice paddies-<br /><br />a part of the source of the issues in the Philippines stems from a very strong unwillingness of Filipinos to accept they fact that their ethnic heritage has a very large aborignal make up rather than being a transplant of Malay and Indonesian cultures-it is super hard to generalize about the Phillipines as up until WWII Filipinos really did not see themselves a Filipinos but as part of a localized identity-this is in part caused by the fact that the country is made up of 7000 island with about 50 with good size populations-and also the Spanish burned all the books they could find as they saw the strange scripts as the work of the devil!-to me the valuable thing the Philippines got from the Spanish was the God father relationship which creates very big extended family relationships-all of the relatives of your God father or mother (and you can have a dozen) are also your relatives-of course we also got the Catholic religion and over all I think that has been good (big issue)-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-5425350030222138202010-01-01T21:45:57.648-05:002010-01-01T21:45:57.648-05:00Hi Michelle,
I think you're right. By titles ...Hi Michelle,<br /><br />I think you're right. By titles and because of the challenge I did assume Mel was she.<br /><br />Regarding language, Nidali swears a lot. Jill prefers work have little or no profanity and in this book the characters are quite casual about it. For me, it's not gratuitous but it could have equally good with less of it.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-821267893346169372010-01-01T21:30:35.711-05:002010-01-01T21:30:35.711-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-26547360934418691892010-01-01T21:25:21.362-05:002010-01-01T21:25:21.362-05:00Thanks for the link-up Susan.
Have whent over to ...Thanks for the link-up Susan.<br /><br />Have whent over to read Shellie's review of <i>A Map of Home</i>. It sounds very intriguing, especially because it appears to explore the ambiguity of the borders in the Middle East.<br /><br />I'm curious about your exchange with rhapsodyinbooks. What is it about the language?<br /><br />PS: A slight correction, I think Mel at <i>The Reading Life</i> is a 'he'.. short for Melvin? =)Michelle (su[shu])https://www.blogger.com/profile/18223337726831731472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-57175348664183501432010-01-01T10:17:08.248-05:002010-01-01T10:17:08.248-05:00Jill,
I wondered if the language would be an issue...Jill,<br />I wondered if the language would be an issue for you. One group that read for a book club at the library didn't like it either.Color Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-60991136319079699812010-01-01T10:11:18.005-05:002010-01-01T10:11:18.005-05:00I tried to read A Map of Home. I think I got to p...I tried to read A Map of Home. I think I got to page 3. I just could not take the language! But I've heard many good things about it.<br /><br />Happy New Year!!!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.com