Reclaiming adat: contemporary Malaysian film and literature

In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in t...

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1. Verfasser: Khoo, Gaik Cheng 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Vancouver [u.a.] UBC Press 2006
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Zusammenfassung:In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional healing. Using close textual readings of literature and film, Khoo Gaik Cheng reveals the tensions between gender, modernity, and nation.--Back cover.
Beschreibung:Includes filmography: p. 213-217
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index
Beschreibung:XI, 254 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:0774811722
9780774811729