Marriage, maturity, choice: the Maria Hertogh story revisited

When approaching the story of Maria Huberdina Hertogh, also known as Nadra, we are often led to themes of interracial marriages and colonial insensitivities that have been widely established in Singapore’s national narrative. Perhaps more interestingly, credits are often given to the English and Mal...

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Main Author: Nur Mufidah Binte Sapari
Other Authors: Tapsi Mathur
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1653542023-03-25T16:55:44Z Marriage, maturity, choice: the Maria Hertogh story revisited Nur Mufidah Binte Sapari Tapsi Mathur School of Humanities tapsi.mathur@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore When approaching the story of Maria Huberdina Hertogh, also known as Nadra, we are often led to themes of interracial marriages and colonial insensitivities that have been widely established in Singapore’s national narrative. Perhaps more interestingly, credits are often given to the English and Malay language press for sensationalising their coverage and triggering distress within the Muslim community. In an attempt to decentralise such ingrained narratives, this thesis calls for a reassessment of Malay language periodicals to unearth marginalised perspectives of the Malay-Muslim community during the Maria Hertogh tragedy. It looks at gender, in the words of Jeanne Boydston, as a “question of historical analysis” and argues that the episode reveals a complex “tug-of-power” between and within Muslim men and women regarding what defines maturity and the ideals of marriage. We will observe in this “tug-of-power” relationship the contrasting perceptions and expectations regarding the realm of childhood, adulthood, and matrimony. Viewed as a whole, more than an attempt to arouse Malay-Muslim feelings, Malay language periodicals brought to light the different voices against women and their bodies in post-war Singapore. Bachelor of Arts in History 2023-03-24T05:22:31Z 2023-03-24T05:22:31Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Nur Mufidah Binte Sapari (2023). Marriage, maturity, choice: the Maria Hertogh story revisited. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165354 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165354 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Marriage, maturity, choice: the Maria Hertogh story revisited
description When approaching the story of Maria Huberdina Hertogh, also known as Nadra, we are often led to themes of interracial marriages and colonial insensitivities that have been widely established in Singapore’s national narrative. Perhaps more interestingly, credits are often given to the English and Malay language press for sensationalising their coverage and triggering distress within the Muslim community. In an attempt to decentralise such ingrained narratives, this thesis calls for a reassessment of Malay language periodicals to unearth marginalised perspectives of the Malay-Muslim community during the Maria Hertogh tragedy. It looks at gender, in the words of Jeanne Boydston, as a “question of historical analysis” and argues that the episode reveals a complex “tug-of-power” between and within Muslim men and women regarding what defines maturity and the ideals of marriage. We will observe in this “tug-of-power” relationship the contrasting perceptions and expectations regarding the realm of childhood, adulthood, and matrimony. Viewed as a whole, more than an attempt to arouse Malay-Muslim feelings, Malay language periodicals brought to light the different voices against women and their bodies in post-war Singapore.
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title Marriage, maturity, choice: the Maria Hertogh story revisited
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