Chua / The Making of Jose Garcia Villas A Footnote to YouthChua / The Making of Jose Garcia Villas A Footnote to YouthTHE MAKING OF JOSE GARCIA VILLASFOOTNOTE TO YOUTHJonathan ChuaAteneo de Manila Unive!it" #$hua%ateneo&eduKritika Kultura 21/22 (21!/21"#$ %!& 'htt($//kritikakultura)ateneo)net*+ Ateneo ,e Manila -ni.ersit/A'!ta$tThis article recounts the storybehindthe publicationof Villas stories andhis book Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others (1933 in the !nited "tates# First$ the conditionsofthe %&ericanliterary&arketplacearebrieflydescribed# "econd$ docu&entspertainin' to the reali(ation in print of Villas stories and his book are analy(ed as sites of ne'otiations bet)een colonial sub*ect (Villa and the colonial &aster (his %&erican editorsandpublishers#Finally$an account ofho) Villa )as&ade to circulate in the Philippines afterthepublicationofhisstoriesandhisbookinthe!nited"tatesis'i+en# Fro&thesediscussionsthearticlehopestosho)thatVillasself,fashionin'bypublication)asboth sub*ect to and critical of the colonial condition$ alternately reinforcin' it and challen'in' it#Ke"(od!Chua / The Making of Jose Garcia Villas A Footnote to YouthPhilippine literature in -n'lish$ book history$ postcolonialis&$ e.otic$ authorA'out the Autho/onathan0huateachesat the1epart&ent of 2nterdisciplinary"tudiesof the %teneode 3anila!ni+ersity# 4eistheeditorofThe0ritical Villa: -ssaysin5iterary0riticis&by /ose6arcia Villa(7887# 4iseditionofthecollectedshortstoriesof/ose6arcia Villaisforthco&in' fro& the %teneo de 3anila !ni+ersity Press#Chua / The Making of Jose Garcia Villas A Footnote to YouthTHE )U*LICATION OF JOSE GARCIA VILLAS *OOK OF SHORT STORIES Footnoteto Youth: Tales of the PhilippinesandOthersby 0harles "cribners "ons in 1933 is re'arded as a &ilestone in Philippine literary history# 4ere )as the first collectionof short stories by a Filipino to be published in the !nited "tates$ *ust ei'ht yearssince the publication of )hat is 'enerally ackno)led'ed as the first successful shortstory in -n'lish by a Filipino$ Pa( 3ar9ue( :enite(s ;1ead "tars#