Nerissa Balce‘s research interests include postcolonial theory and the cultures of 1898; race, American visual culture and feminist epistemologies; state violence and Filipino literature during the Marcos regime (1965-1986); and Filipino diasporic culture. She is preparing a book manuscript on American imperial modernity as a visual language, and the gendered/racialized figure of the Filipino savage in early 20th century U.S. culture. Her new projects include studies of humor and the wounds of history, and historical and cultural connections between Mexico and the Philippines as a legacy of Spanish colonization.
