Negotiating class, ethnicity and modernity: the ‘Malaynisation’ of P. Ramlee and his films

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Mahyuddin, Lee, Yuen Beng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis (Routledge) 2015
• Subjects: N1-(9211) Visual arts; PN1993-1999 Motion pictures; TR845-899 Cinematography. Motion pictures
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/38731/1/_Negotiating_class%2C_ethnicity_and_modernity-_the_%E2%80%98Malaynisation%E2%80%99_of_P._Ramlee_and_his_films.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/38731/; https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2014.968595
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

Early Malaysian national cinema disseminates a social reconstruction process aimed at reconstructing Malay supremacy at the centre of a specific geographical, political, economic and cultural space. Aptly termed as ‘Malaynisation’, this process occurred during the Golden Age of Malaysian cinema t...