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Volume 5, Number 2, December 2011

Special Issue: Southeast Asian Literature

 

Edited by

Nor Faridah A. Manaf & Mohammad A. Quayum

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Editorial

Mohammad A. Quayum, International Islamic University Malaysia

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Articles

 

Translating the Nation: Rizal, the Novel and Philippine Literatures in the Regions
J. Neil C. Garcia, University of the Philippines Diliman

4

In Search of Literary Love in Malay Literature: The Early Stages of Relationship
Muhammad Haji Salleh, University Sains Malaysia

17

Literature for Life: The Context and Conditions of Its Emergence in Thailand, 1940s-50s
Thanapol Limapichart, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

40

Women as Sex Objects in Azizi Haji Abdullah’s Novel Bila Hujan Malam: A Critical Appraisal
Ungku Maimunah Mohd. Tahir, National University of Malaysia (UKM)

61

Sex and the City-State: Cultural Politics and Sexual Cultures in Love and Lust in Singapore
Joel Gwynne and Angus Whitehead, NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

79

Ricardo de Ungria and Philippine Poetics
Isabela Banzon, University of the Philippines Diliman

95

The Poetics of Transience in Marjorie Evasco’s Skin of Water: Selected Poems
Shirley O. Lua, De La Salle University, Philippines

105

Interviews

 

Introducing a Brunei Woman Writer: An Interview with Dayang Hajah Norsiah Abdul Gapar
Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, International Islamic University Malaysia

118

Review Articles

 

Leaders with Many Traits but a Singular Purpose: Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohamad

Ishtiaq Hossain, International Islamic University Malaysia

122

Book Reviews

 

Shirley Lim, The Shirley Lim Collection: Passports and Other Lives
Carol Leon, University of Malaya, Malaysia

131

Margaret McDaniels Leong, The Ice Ball Man and Other Poems. Ed. Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Angelia Poon.
Pauline T. Newton, Southern Methodist University, USA

133

Robert Yeo, Routes: A Singaporean Memoir 1940-75
Verena Tay, Singapore

137

Colin Cheong, The Colin Cheong Collection
George Polley, Sapporo, Japan

140

Alfian Sa’at, Collected Plays Two. The Asian Boys Trilogy: Dreamplay
Susan Philip, University of Malaya, Malaysia

143

Gwee Li Sui, man/born/free: Writings on the Human Spirit from Singapore
Angus Whitehead, NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

146

Catherine Lim, Following the Wrong God Home
George Polley, Sapporo, Japan

150

Verena Tay, In the Company of Heroes
Paoi Hwang, Durham, UK

153

Salleh ben Joned, The Amok of Mat Solo
Ruzy Suliza Hashim, National University of Malaysia (UKM)

156

Rumaizah Abu Bakar, The Female Cell
Shakila Abdul Manan, University Sains Malaysia

158

Poetry

 

His Collarbone; Luck; Editing
Ioana Petrescu, University of South Australia

163

Ahead My Father Moves; Clear Brightness
Kim Cheng Boey, University of Newcastle, Australia

167

Franz; Pepito; Stone
Ricardo de Ungria, University of the Philippines Mindanao

171

Is It the Kingfisher?; Solsequiem; In Baclayon, Reading Levertov’s
“For Those Whom the Gods Love Less”

Marjorie Evasco, Philippines

177

Hypocrite; Old Ladies
Free Hearty, Indonesia

180

An Anatomy of Memory; Something Happened
Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, King’s College London, UK

182

 

 

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