| Title | : | Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness |
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| ISBN | : | 9971697300 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9789971697303 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 507 |
| Publication | : | First published September 30, 2011 |
People within the Malay world hold strong but diverse opinions about the meaning of the word Melayu, which can be loosely translated as Malayness. Questions of whether the Filipinos are properly called "Malay", or the Mon-Khmer speaking Orang Asli in Malaysia, can generate heated debates. So too can the question of whether it is appropriate to speak of a kebangsaan Melayu (Malay as nationality) as the basis of membership within an aspiring postcolonial nation-state, a political rather than a cultural community embracing all residents of the Malay states, including the immigrant Chinese and Indian population.In The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness, the contributors examine the checkered, wavering and changeable understanding of the word Melayu by considering hitherto unexplored case studies dealing with use of the term in connection with origins, nations, minority-majority politics, Filipino Malays, Riau Malays, Orang Asli, Straits Chinese literature, women's veiling, vernacular television, social dissent, literary women, and modern Sufism. Taken as a whole, this volume offers a creative approach to the study of Malayness while providing new perspectives to the studies of identity formation and politics of ethnicity that have wider implications beyond the Southeast Asian region.
Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness Reviews
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A great compilation of scholarly perspectives on the “Malay World.” Now if only it were published in Bahasa to be more accessible to the subject matter itself.
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A lot to think about… but it all boils down to ‘haish thinking about the lore that shapes the culture, history of Malay malaysian is WEIRD as heck.. how did we get here?’. i think this book is worth rereading, because it’s interesting to see the fabric of our Malay culture and our complexities being put into words. plus you wouldn’t really go this level of depth in school or even remember about it.
What i like about this book is the sources referred and the things you’d learn about formation of malay.. culture (?) in the 20th century.
P/s: buku ini tak cukup promo!!!!
