The ambivalence of an Anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s confessions of an old boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures

• Main Authors: Abd Razak, Mohd Shukri, Mohd Nasir, Nora, Abdul Kadir, Maimunah, Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: PI Oriental languages and literatures
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/3/77542%20he%20Ambivalence%20of%20an%20Anglophile%20Subject.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/4/77542%20he%20Ambivalence%20of%20an%20Anglophile%20Subject%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/14/77542_The%20Ambivalence%20of%20an%20Anglophile%20Subject%20in%20Kam%20Raslan%27s_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/77542/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1484/902
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper focuses on ambivalence, a prominent concept in postcolonial studies and a recurrent theme in an anglophile subject in Kam Raslan’s novel, Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures(2007). As a result of ambivalence, the anglophile subject feels alien in his perception of himsel...