Reading The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic | Alexandria
Read The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic by Nick Joaquin. Exploring Filipino identity through gothic tales, Joaquin's masterwork shatters colonial myths by revealing how trauma echoes across generations. His radical insight? The past doesn't just haunt us—it actively shapes our present psychological borders. A groundbreaking meditation on how historical wounds create modern ghosts.