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Volume 14, Number 1, 2022
Themed Issue on
Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Literary and Cultural Studies
Eds: Dr Jeremy de Chavez & Dr Zhang Yue
University of Macau, China

Cover image courtesy: Zhang Xiuchen, China. “Ink Bamboo”. 5 October 2021.
Editorial Introduction: East Asia 
Experiencing and Writing East Asian (Post)modernity

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”I”] Yue Zhang[wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–4. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.00
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: East AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Experiencing and Writing East Asian (Post)modernity

Research Article 
The Poetics of Fei Ming: How the Classical Merged with the Modernist

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”I”] Candy Fan Wang [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”] 
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.02
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: East AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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The Poetics of Fei Ming: How the Classical Merged with the Modernist

Research Article 
Precarity and Performativity in Post-Fordist Japanese Workplace: A Reading of Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman

[wp-svg-icons icon=”users” wrap=”i”] Jaseel P [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  & Rashmi Gaur 
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.03
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: East AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Precarity and Performativity in Post-Fordist Japanese Workplace: A Reading of Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman

Research Article 
Foreignized Translation of Onomatopoeia in The Last Lover

[wp-svg-icons icon=”users” wrap=”i”] Minhui Xu [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  & Tingting Chen 
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–12. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.04
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: East AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Foreignized Translation of Onomatopoeia in The Last Lover

Research Article 
Translingual, Transcultural, and Transboundary Sceneries: Aesthetic Ideas and Discursive Practice in Yu Dafu’s Landscape Writing

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Yidan Wang [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–17. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.05
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: East AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Translingual, Transcultural, and Transboundary Sceneries: Aesthetic Ideas and Discursive Practice in Yu Dafu’s Landscape Writing

Research Article 
Introduction to Antiquarian Chinese Book Collections in Contemporary Macao

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Chon Chit TANG [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–17. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.06
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: East AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Introduction to Antiquarian Chinese Book Collections in Contemporary Macao

Editorial Introduction: Southeast Asia 
Rethinking, Narrating, Consuming Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”I”] Jeremy De Chavez [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.01
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Rethinking, Narrating, Consuming Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia

Research Article 
Bagay: Articulating a New Materialism from the Philippine Tropics

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Christian Jil R. Benitez [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.07
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast AsiaLicense: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Bagay: Articulating a New Materialism from the Philippine Tropics

Research Article 
Traversing Paths/Pasts: Places of Filipino Philosophy

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Hazel T. Biana [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–13. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.08
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Traversing Paths/Pasts: Places of Filipino Philosophy

Research Article 
Which tongue? The Imported Colonial Standard or Motherland Vernacular? Exploring “Death” as the Birth of Postcolonial Malaysia in Muthammal Palanisamy’s Funeral Chant

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Kavitha Ganesan [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–18. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.09
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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The Imported Colonial Standard or Motherland Vernacular? Exploring “Death” as the Birth of Postcolonial Malaysia in Muthammal Palanisamy’s Funeral Chant

Research Article 
Revisiting theatre of the minoritarian in neoliberalism: The Embodied Memories in Denise Uyehara’s and Dan Kwong’s Auto-performances

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Io Chun KONG [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–12. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.10
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Revisiting theatre of the minoritarian in neoliberalism: The Embodied Memories in Denise Uyehara’s and Dan Kwong’s Auto-performances

Research Article 
Autopoetics, Market Competence, and the Transnational Author

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Maria Gabriela P. Martin [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–8. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.11
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Autopoetics, Market Competence, and the Transnational Author

Research Article 
Women Trespassing Borders: Imaginaries of Cosmopolitanism from Below in Mia Alvar’s In the Country

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Carlos M. Piocos III [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.12
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Women Trespassing Borders: Imaginaries of Cosmopolitanism from Below in Mia Alvar’s In the Country

Research Article 
The Teleserye Story: Three Periods of the Evolution of the Filipino TV Soap Opera

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Louie Jon A. Sanchez [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–16. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.13
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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The Teleserye Story: Three Periods of the Evolution of the Filipino TV Soap Opera

Research Article 
Skinned Performance: Female Body Horror in Joko Anwar’s Impetigore

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Anton Sutandio [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–12. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.14
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Skinned Performance: Female Body Horror in Joko Anwar’s Impetigore

Research Article 
Apostol’s Creed: Unveiling the Political Fictions of Colonialism and Nation in the Diasporic Novel

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Marikit Tara Alto Uychoco [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.15
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Apostol’s Creed: Unveiling the Political Fictions of Colonialism and Nation in the Diasporic Novel

Research Article 
From Private Eye to Public “I”: The Chinese Filipinos in Charlson Ong’s Hard-Boiled Fiction

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Joseph Ching Velasco [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.16
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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From Private Eye to Public “I”: The Chinese Filipinos in Charlson Ong’s Hard-Boiled Fiction

Research Article 
Pop Song Translations by Rolando Tinio as Script and Subversion of the Marcos Regime

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Niccolo Rocamora Vitug [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–21. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.17
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Pop Song Translations by Rolando Tinio as Script and Subversion of the Marcos Regime

Research Article 
English in the Philippines from the Perspective of Linguistic Imperialism

[wp-svg-icons icon=”users” wrap=”i”] Jie Zeng [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  & Tian Yang
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–12. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.18
First published: February 05, 2022 | Area: Southeast Asia  | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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English in the Philippines from the Perspective of Linguistic Imperialism

Book Review 
Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration by Carlos M. Piocos III

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Jose Kervin Cesar B. Calabias [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.19
First published: February 05, 2022 | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration by Carlos M. Piocos III

Book Review 
Translating China as Cross-Identity Performance by James St. Andre

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Cao Qilin [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.20
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Translating China as Cross-Identity Performance by James St. Andre

Book Review 
Feminist Translation Studies: Local and Transnational Perspectives edited by Olga Castro and Emek Ergun

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] John Chi Chon FONG [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–4. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.21
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Feminist Translation Studies: Local and Transnational Perspectives edited by Olga Castro and Emek Ergun

Book Review 
Translingual Words: An East Asian Lexical Encounter with English by Jieun Kiaer

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Yi Xuan Jia [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–4. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.22
First published: February 05, 2022 | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Translingual Words: An East Asian Lexical Encounter with English by Jieun Kiaer

Book Review 
Chinese American Literature without Borders: Gender, Genre, and Form by King-Kok Cheung

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Windy Xiao Xue [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.23
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Chinese American Literature without Borders: Gender, Genre, and Form by King-Kok Cheung

Book Review 
Digital Humanities: Knowledge and Critique in a Digital Age by David M. Berry and Anders Fagerjord

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Xi Li & Jie Zeng [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.24
First published: February 05, 2022 | License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Digital Humanities: Knowledge and Critique in a Digital Age by David M. Berry and Anders Fagerjord

Book Review 
Twenty-First-Century Children’s Gothic: from the Wanderer to Nomadic Subject by Chloe Germaine Buckley

[wp-svg-icons icon=”user” wrap=”i”] Zhao Yifan [wp-svg-icons icon=”envelop” wrap=”i”]  
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January-March, 2022, Pages 1–2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n1.25
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Twenty-First-Century Children’s Gothic: from the Wanderer to Nomadic Subject by Chloé Germaine Buckley