Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya

by Naoki Soda

Book Overview

Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of "colonial knowledge" and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent, and for what purpose did the colonized accept, modify, and adapt the colonizer's worldview? To answer these questions, this study examines textbooks produced by British and Malay authors for teaching Malay history and geography to the local populace in teacher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925608220
• ISBN13: 9781925608229
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"