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Contents Acknowledgements vi i Introduction: Dream s 1 Part 1 Fantasy-Production : Bodily Resources and Libidinal 2 5 Dynamics of National Crisis and Development 1. Sexua l Economies 3 7 2. Metropolita n Dream s 7 7 3. Domesti c Bodies 11 3 PartII Desirin g History, Tangential Pursuits: 15 1 Regimes and Heresies of Transformative Action 4. Revol t of the Masses: National History as Psychology 15 9 5. 'Peopl e Power': Miraculous Revol t 18 5 6. Himala, 'Miracle' : The Heretical Potential o f 22 5 Nora Aunor's Star Powe r Conclusion: Hop e 26 1 Notes 27 1 Index 34 5 ...

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