A Duterte reader : critical essays on Rodrigo Duterte's early presidency / Nicole Curato.

Includes index.

Preface.--We need to talk about rody.--Was Duterte's rise inevitable.--Who supports Rodrigo Duterte?.--Rodrigo Duterte: a fascist original.--Dutertismo, maoismo, nasyonalismo.--The mindanaoan president.--Hide the looking glass: Duterte and the legacy of american imperialiasm.--Duterte's "war on drugs" the securitization of illegal drugs and the return of national boss rule.--Murder as enterprise: police profiteering in Duterte's war on drugs.--A mandate for mass killings?: public support for Duterte's war on drugs.--Celebrity politics and televisual melodrama in the age of Duterte.--The rise of trolls in the Philippines.--Queering Rodrigo Duterte.--Duterte's other war: the battle for edsa people power's memory.--Who will burn Duterte' effigy.--Engaging Duterte: that space in between populism and pluralism.--Epilogue.

This book is an attempt to make sense of these different portrayals, not only of the president but also of the nation that is emerging alongside the rise of dutertismo. Hundreds of think pieces have been written on this subject. Lots of heated discussions have been exchanged over facebook. In an era of fast politics, there is the pressure to come up with quick commentaries before the next spectacle takes over our conversations.