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An Argument That Subaltern Experiences That Are Devalued And Overlooked In Progressive Late-twentieth-century Philippine Literature Have Been Essential To The Social And Economic Changes Wrought By Globalization. Introduction. Loosed Upon The World -- Prostituted Filipinas And The Crisis Of Philippine Culture -- Women Alone -- Poetics Of Filipina Export -- Modern Refuse In The City Of Man -- Petty Adventures In (the Nation's) Capital -- Metropolitan Debris -- Revolutionary Imagination And The Masses -- Guerilla Passion And The Unfinished Cultural Revolution -- The Sorrows Of People. Neferti X. M. Tadiar. A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [445]-467) And Index. English