Homebound
Subtitle: Women Visual Artists in Nineteenth Century Philippines
By: Eloisa May P. Hernandez.
Publisher: University of the Philippines Press in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Published: 2004 First Printing, 2005 Second Printing
Place of publication: Diliman, Quezon City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Other titles: Women visual artists in nineteenth century Philippines
Description: Given the limitation of recorded information about women artists, this book attests to the fact that there were many women artists in the nineteenth century albeit very little is known about them. … The study is… a gateway that will allow others to pursue further knowledge that could provide enlightenment about women’s lives … (and provide) the present with knowledge that will help in the understanding of culture and society.
	It was exciting to monitor the progress of this historical investigation and more exciting to find women who quietly created works of art, using their creative energies in making their lives aesthetic and meaningful … certainly a great contribution to the body of knowledge on Philippine women artists.  Brenda V. Fajardo, PhD

In the nineteenth century, women were hardly documented and considered as artists, and it is only very recently that they are becoming more visible through empirical research and “compensatory histories.” This compensatory history by Eloisa May Hernandez is a significant contribution, not only in filling the gaps of history, but more importantly, in imaging the Home and domesticity as subject matter, as creative resource and as artistic space that extends to many sites - from the house and its interiors, the household and its everyday rituals of self-maintenance, to the highly charged field of the studio, the political economic structures of the artworld and the "world." In this book, women need not be bound to the home as constricting space, but bound towards the notion of home as site of empowerment, community, and continuity. 
Flaudette May V. Datuin, Ph.D.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154) and index.
Revision of the author's thesis (M.A.)--University of the Philippines.
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: A Look At Mainstream Art History: Responding to the Challenge
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: BOUNDARIES: Art, Home, History, and Women
pagenum: 9; label: Chapter 2
title: ABSENCES: Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century Philippines
pagenum: 21; label: Chapter 3
title: PRESENCES: Women Visual Artists in Nineteenth-Century Philippines
pagenum: 42; label: Chapter 4
title: RECONSTRUCTIONS: The Space of Women in the Works of Paz and Adelaida Paterno
pagenum: 78; label: Conclusion
title: RECLAMATIONS: Looking Forward to the Future
pagenum: 131