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This book brings together fourteen articles by prominent critics of Malaysian Anglophone literature from five different countries: Australia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US. It investigates the thematic and stylistic trends in the literary products of selected writers of the tradition in the genres of drama, fiction, and poetry, from its beginnings to the present, focusing mainly on the postcolonial themes of ethnicity, gender, diaspora, and nationalism, which are central to the creativity and imagination of these writers. The book explores the works of not just the established writers of the tradition but also those who have received little critical attention to date but who are equally gifted, such as Adibah Amin, Edward Dorall, Rehaman Rashid, and Huzir Suleiman. The chapters collectively address the challenges and achievements of writers in the English language in a country where English is widely used in daily life and yet marginalised in the creative domain to elevate the status of writings in the national language, i.e., Bahasa Malaysia. The book will demonstrate that in spite of such recurrent neglect of the medium, Malaysia has produced a number of outstanding writers in the language, who are comparable in creativity and craftsmanship to writers of other Anglophone traditions. The book will be of interest to readers and researchers of Malaysian literature, postcolonial literatures, minority literatures, gender studies, and Southeast Asian studies.
Philosophy --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Literature --- Asian literature --- History of civilization --- History --- niet-westerse cultuur --- etnologie --- postkolonialisme --- cultuur --- filosofie --- literatuur --- literatuurgeschiedenis --- Asia --- Oriental literature. --- Ethnology --- Culture. --- Philosophy. --- Postcolonialism. --- Asian Literature. --- Literary Criticism. --- Asian Culture. --- Postcolonial Philosophy. --- History and criticism. --- Asia.
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In The Essential Rokeya , Mohammad A. Quayum brings together, for the first time, some of the best work by one of South Asia’s earliest and most heroic feminist writers and activists, who was also a leading figure of the Bengal Renaissance in the nineteenth and early twentieth century – Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932). This collection includes Rokeya’s most popular story, Sultana’s Dream , and some essays and letters written originally in English, as well as Quayum’s own translation of several of her fiction and non-fiction works written originally in Bengali. This will enable readers outside Bangladesh and West Bengal to appraise and appreciate Rokeya’s fundamental role in the feminist awakening in South Asia, especially among the Bengali Muslims of her time.
Muslim women --- Women's rights --- Islamic women --- Women, Muslim --- Women --- Rights of women --- Human rights --- Civil rights --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Muslimahs
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This book brings together fourteen articles by prominent critics of Malaysian Anglophone literature from five different countries: Australia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US. It investigates the thematic and stylistic trends in the literary products of selected writers of the tradition in the genres of drama, fiction, and poetry, from its beginnings to the present, focusing mainly on the postcolonial themes of ethnicity, gender, diaspora, and nationalism, which are central to the creativity and imagination of these writers. The book explores the works of not just the established writers of the tradition but also those who have received little critical attention to date but who are equally gifted, such as Adibah Amin, Edward Dorall, Rehaman Rashid, and Huzir Suleiman. The chapters collectively address the challenges and achievements of writers in the English language in a country where English is widely used in daily life and yet marginalised in the creative domain to elevate the status of writings in the national language, i.e., Bahasa Malaysia. The book will demonstrate that in spite of such recurrent neglect of the medium, Malaysia has produced a number of outstanding writers in the language, who are comparable in creativity and craftsmanship to writers of other Anglophone traditions. The book will be of interest to readers and researchers of Malaysian literature, postcolonial literatures, minority literatures, gender studies, and Southeast Asian studies.
Philosophy --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Literature --- Asian literature --- History of civilization --- History --- niet-westerse cultuur --- etnologie --- postkolonialisme --- cultuur --- filosofie --- literatuur --- literatuurgeschiedenis --- Asia --- Malaysian literature (English) --- English literature --- Malaysian literature --- History and criticism. --- Oriental literature. --- Ethnology --- Culture. --- Philosophy. --- Postcolonialism. --- Asian Literature. --- Literary Criticism. --- Asian Culture. --- Postcolonial Philosophy. --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- Asia. --- Social aspects --- Appraisal --- Evaluation
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