Contesting malayness malay identity (1 résultats)

Reprint. Maps, xiii + 318pp, notes, index, paperback. "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." (Publisher's description).…