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School of Oriental and African Studies, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 5-10-15. This book is a collection of papers presented at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1978-79 highlighting a seldom studied genre, i.e. short story writing in the vernacular in Southeast Asia. So short stories in Western Languages, Chinese and other minority langauges are excluded. 270 pages. The papers include - The Modern Short Story in South East Asia - JHCS Davidson, Publication and Readership of the Short Story in South East Asia: Some Observations - Helen Cordell, The Short Stories of Cambodian Popular Tradition - Judith M.Jacob, The Development of Political and Social Consciousness in Thai Short Stories - Manas Chitakasem, The Short Story in Burma: With Special reference to its Social and Political Significance - Anna J. Allott, The Indonesian Short Story After 1945 - E.U. Kratz, Two West Sumatran Writers: AA Navis and Nurdin Yakub - Nigel Phillips, The Evolution of the Malay Short Story From… Read More