Connected Language Histories -- On Good, Bad, and Ugly Malay -- Printing, Pulp, and Popularity -- Competing Expressions of Modernity -- The Humoristic and The Invective
Summary
"A language history of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community (1911-1949), who adopted society's Malay vernacular and developed a vibrant print culture around this lingua franca. Due to their accessible and entertaining language, the Sino-Malay books, newspapers, and poems were also popular among other ethnic groups"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2021)