Liberalisation vs. governance : a discussion of racial politics in three literary works

• Main Author: Lam, David Ying Cai
• Other Authors: Wee Wan-Ling, Christopher Justin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62744
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper looks at three works – two Singaporean, one Malaysian – that lend themselves to the discussion on race; Scorpion Orchid by Lloyd Fernando, Malay Sketches by Alfian Sa’at, and Charged by Chong Tze Chian. This thesis will examine how the colonial legacy of racial sectarianism is carried int...