"Pagpag" is the practice of scavenging through trash heaps for discarded food that the poor then attempts to clean and re-cook for new meals. Pagpag heart-wrenchingly symbolizes the effects of a corrupt government unable to take care of -- indeed, abusing -- its people. PAGPAG's stories, while not overtly addressing this radical torture of cuisine, relate to what lurks within the stew created by a dictator's actions. The aftermath is not always obvious like the imprisoned, the tortured, or the salvaged (murdered); the ...
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"Pagpag" is the practice of scavenging through trash heaps for discarded food that the poor then attempts to clean and re-cook for new meals. Pagpag heart-wrenchingly symbolizes the effects of a corrupt government unable to take care of -- indeed, abusing -- its people. PAGPAG's stories, while not overtly addressing this radical torture of cuisine, relate to what lurks within the stew created by a dictator's actions. The aftermath is not always obvious like the imprisoned, the tortured, or the salvaged (murdered); the aftermath goes deep to affect even future generations in a diaspora facilitated by corruption, incompetence, and venality. Eileen R. Tabios wrote "protest stories" from 1995-2001 against Ferdinand Marcos' martial law in the Philippines, including "Tapey" which was read for Hawai'i Public Radio. These stories, except for a 2019 story written as a coda, form her new short story collection, PAGPAG. As indicated by its subtitle The Dictator's Aftermath in the Diaspora, the collection presents stories from the points of view of children brought out of the Philippines by their parents (or other adults) in response to the Marcos dictatorship -- children who grew up watching and listening to adults remember the homeland they left behind and who, as adults, can more fully articulate the effect of their histories.
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