Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Transnational Flows and Spaces of Interaction in Asia

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The Asian Center is pleased to announced the release of Volume 49, Number 2, Year 2013 of Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia. Entitled "Transnational Flows and Spaces of Interaction in Asia," the issue features five full-length articles, three commentaries, three reviews, and five poems. 

Resil Mojares' "The Emergence of Asian Intellectuals" leads the line-up of articles. Also available are incisive explorations in and of Japan's migration policy, South Korean multiculturalism, Japanese-Filipino identity, and Sama igal dance traditions.

The issue also features reviews of books on America's informal empires, collective killings during the Cultural Revolution, and Japanese in the Philippines. The poetry section boasts of Filipino and English translations of three poems of Wiji Thukul, an Indonesian poet. 

Download the entire issue for free here. For more information, visit the journal's website at www.asj.upd.edu.ph.