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Subject(s)

• Malay fiction—20th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Social change—Malaysia—History—20th century [Browse]
• Social change—Indonesia—History—20th century [Browse]
• Social structure—Malaysia—History [Browse]
• Social structure—Indonesia—History [Browse]
• Southeast Asia—Social conditions [Browse]

Series

Southeast Asia publications series. [More in this series]

Summary note

• "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 26 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-479) and index.

Contents

• Titles and Short Titles of Malay Novels
• A Note on Malay Spelling
• Introduction: Texts and Contexts
• 1. Love and Change: the Book and Reason
• 2. Writing and Society in the 1920s and 1930s
• 3. The 'New Hikayat'
• 4. The Power of Parody: Responding to Western Technology and Rationalism
• 5. War and Suffering: Islam, Society and Renewal
• 6. Writers and Rakyat: 'Intellectuals Who Have the Spirit of the People'
• 7. Salina: A World of Characters and 'Aware Human Beings'
• 8. 'Literature is the Instrument for Development'
• 9. The New Malay (as Seen by the Old Malay)
• 10. Conclusion: Society and Genre
• App. Biographical Details of Authors.

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ISBN

0824823044

LCCN

99048973

OCLC

42603192

RCP

C - S

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