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Habagatanon : conversations with six Davao writers / edited, with critical introduction, by Ricardo M. de Ungria.

Material type: TextTextDiliman, Quezon City : University of the Philippines, [2015];©2015Description: lvii, 481 pages 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789715427746
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR 9550.1 .H113 2015
Summary: This pride in one's place--strongly visible as local color with familiar landmarks and local characters acting as agents of fate, fame, and fortune--proves true idea expressed by Clifford Geertz that poetry indeed is "a craft of place: it works by the light of local knowledge." It is what makes Davao writers poetic, and Davao itself a vibrant spot in the literary landscape of the country where life and the life of the written word thrive ...
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Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana PR 9550.1 .H113 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA2015005232

This pride in one's place--strongly visible as local color with familiar landmarks and local characters acting as agents of fate, fame, and fortune--proves true idea expressed by Clifford Geertz that poetry indeed is "a craft of place: it works by the light of local knowledge." It is what makes Davao writers poetic, and Davao itself a vibrant spot in the literary landscape of the country where life and the life of the written word thrive ...

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