Traditions and locations: the filipino poem -- Representation and the philippines canon -- philippines literature: writing in the regions -- Writing the regions: traditions and trends -- Emerging trends in the philippines literature: the literary essay -- The language of literature -- philippines literary turns and tropes -- what surrounds the literary text -- the regions in the nation -- text and contexts -- Rethinking the tower of babel -- literary landmarks -- memory of the empire and/in the cosmopolitan port city -- The question of race -- passing through, going through the motions -- east asian literature: exchanges and culture networks -- symbols in southeast asian literature --african literature and mandela's legacy -- From boom to post boom latin american literature -- south asian literature: the postcolonial turn

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