Who are the ‘Mats’ and ‘Minahs’ ? A study on the perceptions of Malay youths

• Main Author: Ili Shazana Fadlon
• Other Authors: Zhou Wubiao
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43871
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis is an exploratory study of the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs that Malay youth hold towards people they perceive as ‘Mat’ and ‘Minah’ . It is an attempt at finding out more about the various nuances of the Mat and the Minah label and why the labels have received much criticism and st...