Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58

Abstract: This paper examines two texts by Malay(si)an women: Aishah Ghani’s Ibu Melayu Mengelilingi Dunia (1956) and P.G. Lim’s memoirs, Kaleidoscope (2012). It focusses on the narratives of their journeys to and in England between 1934 and 1958. P.G. Lim (1915-2013) and Aishah Ghani (1923-2013...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Siti Nuraishah
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spelling my.iium.irep.863052020-12-16T06:32:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/86305/ Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58 Ahmad, Siti Nuraishah HQ1101 Women. Feminism DS Asia Abstract: This paper examines two texts by Malay(si)an women: Aishah Ghani’s Ibu Melayu Mengelilingi Dunia (1956) and P.G. Lim’s memoirs, Kaleidoscope (2012). It focusses on the narratives of their journeys to and in England between 1934 and 1958. P.G. Lim (1915-2013) and Aishah Ghani (1923-2013) were contemporaries who lived in Malaya under British colonial rule, participated in nationalist movements for Malaya’s independence, and served in the post-colonial government of Malaya and Malaysia in pioneering roles. Their journeys to England took place before the Second World War and after. Their travel narratives provide readers with valuable insight into the rapidly changing roles of Malay(si)an women within a span of twenty-five years. Lim’s and Aishah’s travels to England in the waning days of the British Empire reveal their experiences and observations of the imperial centre, and the significance of these to their notions of women’s freedom of movement and independence from colonial rule. Informed by the work of Inderpal Grewal on Indian female travellers to the West, this paper aims to address the limited research on the history of female mobility, travel, and travel writing in Malay(si)a. IIUM Journal Publication Unit 2020-12-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/86305/7/86305%20Journey%20to%20the%20West.pdf Ahmad, Siti Nuraishah (2020) Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58. Asiatic IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 14 (2). pp. 24-42. ISSN 1985-3106 https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/ajell/article/view/2008/1025
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Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58
description Abstract: This paper examines two texts by Malay(si)an women: Aishah Ghani’s Ibu Melayu Mengelilingi Dunia (1956) and P.G. Lim’s memoirs, Kaleidoscope (2012). It focusses on the narratives of their journeys to and in England between 1934 and 1958. P.G. Lim (1915-2013) and Aishah Ghani (1923-2013) were contemporaries who lived in Malaya under British colonial rule, participated in nationalist movements for Malaya’s independence, and served in the post-colonial government of Malaya and Malaysia in pioneering roles. Their journeys to England took place before the Second World War and after. Their travel narratives provide readers with valuable insight into the rapidly changing roles of Malay(si)an women within a span of twenty-five years. Lim’s and Aishah’s travels to England in the waning days of the British Empire reveal their experiences and observations of the imperial centre, and the significance of these to their notions of women’s freedom of movement and independence from colonial rule. Informed by the work of Inderpal Grewal on Indian female travellers to the West, this paper aims to address the limited research on the history of female mobility, travel, and travel writing in Malay(si)a.
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title Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58
title_short Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58
title_full Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58
title_fullStr Journey to the West: Malay(si)an women's narratives of travels in England, 1934-58
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