Identity formation and its articulation -- Malayness and Islam -- Ordered spaces: naming places and defining boundaries -- Engineering Muslim Malay identities -- Other Malays and Malaysia(n)s: resistance and change -- Islamicity: experiencing the devine light -- Between a cosmopolitan ethic and the politicide of the Malays -- Conclusion
Summary
This title explores the relationship between the Malaysian state and its citizens in creating and maintaining fixed identities. The book focuses on new modalities of being Muslim in a modern world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-261) and index
