Volume 2, Number 2, December 2008

 
Table of Contents

Articles

• English and Identity in Asia
Richard F. Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

• “Belatedly, Asia’s Literary Scene Comes of Age”: Celebratory English Discourse and the Translation of Asian Literature
Harry Aveling, La Trobe University, Australia

• Imperial Entanglements and Literature in English
Fakrul Alam, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

• The Road People: Poetry and Urban (Im)Mobility in Singapore
Gwee Li Sui, National University of Singapore

• “Old Marley Married a Chinese Writer”: Towards an Aesthetics of Confident Intertextuality
Tamara S. Wagner, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• Narrating to Survive: Ethics and Aesthetics in Githa Hariharan’s When Dreams Travel
Chitra Sankaran, National University of Singapore

• Human Rights and National Literature: A Comparative Study of the Experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines
Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, International Islamic University Malaysia

• TESL Undergraduates’ Ability to Handle Academic Text-types at University Malaysia Sarawak
Su-Hie Ting, University Malaysia Sarawak & Pei-Feng Tee, KDU College Penang Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Interviews

• Lloyd Fernando’s Circle: An Interview with Marie Fernando, Wife of Lloyd Fernando
Pauline T. Newton, Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA

 
Review Articles

• Australia in Asia – Asia in Australia: An Intercontinental Cultural Discourse
Jörg-Dieter Riemenschneider, Frankfurt, Germany

 
Book Reviews

• Sukanta Chaudhuri, ed. The Uncollected English Writings of Sudhindranath Datta
Kaiser Haq, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Salleh ben Joned, Adam’s Dream
Andrew Ng, Monash University Malaysia

• Ashraf Jamal and Shanti Moorthy, ed. Silverfish New Writing 7
Ruzy Suliza Hashim, University Kebangsaan Malaysia

• Salleh ben Joned, Adam’s Dream
Nur Sheena Baharudin, International Islamic University Malaysia

 
Poetry

• Postponing Truth; Plea of the Asian Woman; You and I Looking at Independence; I am Kuala Lumpur; Name
Baha Zain, Trans. Muhammad Haji Salleh, Malaysia

• Ode on the Lungi
Kaiser Haq, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Just Bestower
Sayyid Mohamed Ajmal, International Islamic University Malaysia

• Tsunami Snapshots 1
Sukrita Paul Kumar, University of New Delhi, India

• Tiong Bahru; Photography in the Age of Digital
Toh Hsien Min, Singapore

 
Fiction

• The Feminist
Tanure Ojaide, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

• After the Fire
Vijay Lakshmi, Community College of Philadelphia, USA

 
Drama

• Aduni
Wong Phui Nam, Malaysia