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Southeast Asian Writing in Australia: The Case of Vietnamese Writing (Michael Jacklin, Kunapipi, vol 32, no 1-2, 2010, p 175-183)

Literatures in languages other than English produced by migrant or diasporic communities pose intriguing questions for both matters of cultural sustainability and national literatures. Dan Duffy, in his article on Vietnamese-Canadian author Thuong Vuong-Riddick’s Two Shores / Deux Rives, begins by... Read more about Southeast Asian Writing in Australia: The Case of Vietnamese Writing (Michael Jacklin, Kunapipi, vol 32, no 1-2, 2010, p 175-183)

The Politics of Identity and Mimetic Constructions in the Philippine Transnational Experience (Sharon Orig, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 49–68, March 2006)

As Filipinos traverse transnational space, the Filipino ethnic identity becomes enmeshed in a politics of identity. Filipinos witness how their identities are eroded, subordinated and, sometimes, corrupted. Identity politics relegates Filipinos to second-class citizens whenever other nationalities... Read more about The Politics of Identity and Mimetic Constructions in the Philippine Transnational Experience (Sharon Orig, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 49–68, March 2006)