Writing a New Society is the first extended study of the novel in Malay and is a groundbreaking study of the relationship between social change and literary practice. The book traces the emergence of the genre from the 1920s and, drawing on twenty-six of Malaysia's best-known novels, argues that the form was developed as a vehicle for transforming Malay ideas about themselves and their society. Virginia Hooker focuses on the underlying anxiety about racial identity, which underpins much of Malay writing and examines how ethnic identity is constructed and expressed.
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Virginia Matheson Hooker is professor of Indonesian and Malay in the Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University.
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During the course of the twentieth century Malaya has become Malaysia and the country has been transformed from a resource producing colony to a self-governing, industrialised, high-profile member of the rapidly expanding regional grouping of Southeast As Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
romanised edition, dramatised narrator, khalwat laws, bangsa kita, unnamed chapters, romanised form, extended prose fiction, romanised script, narrator emphasises, novel competition, rice cycle, tanah air, risky moment, awarded second prize, dead fiancé, vernacular education Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Syed Syekh, Pak Mat, Pak Karim, Pak Hassan, Faridah Hanom, Mat Lela, Hari Mana, Ahmad Kotot, Samad Said, Ratu Bungsu, Kuala Lumpur, Pak Senik, Ishak Haji Muhammad, Kampung Kambing, Dewan Bahasa, Mata Intan, Wijaya Mala, Abdullah Sidek, Tal'at Bey, Desa Pingitan, Harun Aminurrashid, Mari Kita Berjuang, Salmi Manja, Ibrahim Yaakob, Hikayat Percintaan New!
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During the course of the twentieth century Malaya has become Malaysia and the country has been transformed from a resource producing colony to a self-governing, industrialised, high-profile member of the rapidly expanding regional grouping of Southeast As Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
romanised edition, dramatised narrator, khalwat laws, bangsa kita, unnamed chapters, romanised form, extended prose fiction, romanised script, narrator emphasises, novel competition, rice cycle, tanah air, risky moment, awarded second prize, dead fiancé, vernacular education Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Syed Syekh, Pak Mat, Pak Karim, Pak Hassan, Faridah Hanom, Mat Lela, Hari Mana, Ahmad Kotot, Samad Said, Ratu Bungsu, Kuala Lumpur, Pak Senik, Ishak Haji Muhammad, Kampung Kambing, Dewan Bahasa, Mata Intan, Wijaya Mala, Abdullah Sidek, Tal'at Bey, Desa Pingitan, Harun Aminurrashid, Mari Kita Berjuang, Salmi Manja, Ibrahim Yaakob, Hikayat Percintaan New!
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- The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya: Contesting Nationalism and the Expansion of the Public Sphere by Anthony Milner on 11 pages
- The Origins of Malay Nationalism by William R. Roff on 7 pages
- Radical Malay politics: Its origins and early development by Firdaus Abdullah on 6 pages
- A Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrams on 6 pages
- Text/Politics in Island Southeast Asia: Essays in Interpretation (Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series) by D.M. Roskies on 4 pages
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- The Infinite Longing for Home. Desire and the Nation in Selected Writings of Ben Okri and K.S. Maniam (Cross/Cultures 80) by David C.L. Lim on 4 pages
- Reel Food: Essays on Food and Film by Anne L. Bower on page 84, and page 85
- Reel Food: Essays on Food and Film by Anne L. Bower on page 84, and page 85
- Modernity and Exclusion (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Joel S Kahn in Back Matter
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