Writing a New Society: Social Change through the Novel in Malay (Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Writing a New Society: Social Change through the Novel in Malay (Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)) Book

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.Read More

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  • 0824823044
  • 9780824823047
  • Virginia Matheson Hooker
  • 31 January 1995
  • University of Hawai'i Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 492
  • illustrated edition
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