Damon Woods Explained

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]

See also

• William Henry Scott (historian)
• F. Landa Jocano
• Barangay state

Notes and References

1. Web site: UCLA Asia Pacific Center: Damon L. Woods (Profile) . 2007-06-25 . www.international.ucla.edu . UCLA Asia Pacific Center . Los Angeles, California . 2017-09-15.
2. News: The Explainer: Bamboozled by the barangay . Quezon . Manolo . 2017-10-02 . ABS-CBN News . 2017-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171002143838/http://news.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/10/02/17/opinion-bamboozled-by-the-barangay . 2017-10-02 . live . en-US . Manolo Quezon.
3. Book: Woods, Damon L. . The Myth of the Barangay and Other Silenced Histories . University of the Philippines Press . 2017 . 9789715428217 . Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
4. Book: Imagining Human Rights in Twenty-First Century Theater: Global Perspectives . Werth . Brenda . Becker . Florian Nikolas . Hernández . Paola . 2013-01-08 . Palgrave Macmillan . 9781137027092 . en.
5. Web site: UST PUBLISHING HOUSE RELEASES BOOKS BY AND ABOUT TOMAS PINPIN . publishinghouse.ust.edu.ph . 2017-09-15.