This is Reverend Keck's review of three books, Cultures and Texts: Representations of Philippine Society, edited by Raul Pertierra and Eduardo F. Ugarte. University of the Philippines Press and the University of Hawaii Press, 1994; Discrepant Histories: Translocal Essays on Filipino Cultures, edited by Vicente L. Rafael. Anvil Publishing and Temple University Press, 1995; Displaying Filipinos: Photography and Colonialism in Early 20th Century Philippines, by Benito M. Vegara, Jr. University of Philippines Press, 1995.