Contesting Malayness

Contesting Malayness
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Publisher : NUS Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9971692791
ISBN-13 : 9789971692797
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Download or read book Contesting Malayness written by Timothy P. Barnard and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contesting Malayness assembles research on the theme of how Malays have identified themselves in time and place, developed by a wide range of scholars. While the authors describe some of the historical and cultural patterns that make up the Malay world, taken as a whole their work demonstrates the impossibility of offering a definition or even a description of "Melayu" that is not rife with omissions and contradictions.


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