| Description |
xi, 184 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Social sciences in Asia, 1567-2794 ; v. 19 |
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Social sciences in Asia, 1567-2794 ; 19 |
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Social sciences in Asia. 1567-2794 ; 19
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Social sciences in Asia. 1567-2794 ; v. 19
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| Contents |
A case of mistaken identities? : retelling Malaysia's national story / David C. L. Lim -- The rejected imagination in the poetry of Fang Ang, Fu Chengde, and Chen Qiang Hua / Suvendrini K. Perera -- From fragmented identities to post-identity : Lin Xingqian's poetics of diaspora / Tee Kim Tong -- Why aren't you a Muslim? : pride and prejudice through Gunawan Mahmood's teen fiction / David C. L. Lim -- Looking through the corridor : Malaysia and the MSC / David C.L. Lim -- The ideological fantasy of British-Malaya : a post colonial reading of Swettenham, Cliford, and Burgess / Susan Leong -- Globalisation and bangsa Malaysia discourse in racial crisis / Daniel P. S. Goh -- "Your memories are our memories" : remembering cultures / Mohon Ambikaipaker -- Race in Malaysia and K. S. Maniam's between lives / David C. L. Lim -- A passion for other lovers : rewriting the 'other' in Ooi Yang-May's / David C.L. Lim -- Yang-May's Fictionalisation of multiethnic Malaysia / Tamara S. Wagner |
| Summary |
"Overcoming Passion examines the passion for race in contemporary Malaysia. Broadly the essays look at the disjunction between the falsity of race as a scientific category and the entrenched belief that race determines one's rightful identity. They probe the ways in which individual minds and institutions of power fail or refuse to recognise and act in accordance with the knowledge that race exists only insofar as its existence is sustained by the believer's belief in it. The contributors draw from a burgeoning but under-examined archive of Malaysia-related social texts, ranging from media and technological discourse, popular culture and literary production to historical writings, produced originally in English, Malay and Mandarin Chinese."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Race awareness -- Malaysia.
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| SUBJECT |
Malaysia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080109 -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
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| Author |
Lim, David C. L.
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Brill Academic Publishers.
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| LC no. |
2008012862 |
| ISBN |
9789004168152 paperback |
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