{"id":7550,"date":"1997-03-02T18:14:06","date_gmt":"1997-03-02T22:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7550"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:18","slug":"dogeaters-by-jessica-hagedorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dogeaters-by-jessica-hagedorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Dogeaters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-31602\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Dogeaters.jpg\" alt=\"Dogeaters\" width=\"450\" height=\"694\" \/><\/a>Rio, a feisty young schoolgirl, comes of age in turbulent Manila during the final dictatorship in the Philippines. Her world is populated with American films and movie starts, soda shops, political corruption and turmoil, and a never-ending list of eccentric relatives.<\/p>\n<p>Interspersed through the text are historical excerpts, including random paragraphs from a racist 1946 history book, various newspaper articles, and gossip columns. The effect of the so-called \u201ctruth\u201d of history makes for an interesting juxtaposition with the \u201cfictionality\u201d of the novel.<\/p>\n<p>A finalist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/nba1990.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1990 National Book Award<\/a>, <em>Dogeaters<\/em> is considered one of the most important classics of APA literature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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