The Malay World in Colonial Fiction

The Malay World in Colonial Fiction

Examines the mental images Westerners formed of their subjective perceptions of a unique section of the earth's surface - the Malay world - and in a particular time-frame - the high colonial period (circa 1870 to 1940). Illustrates how the perceptions give rise to a definition of the region as...

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Main Authors: Kong, Lily, Savage, Victor R.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1986
Subjects:
Asia
Mental images
Nineteenth century
Perception
Westerners
Asian Studies
Human Geography
Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1803
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9493.1986.tb00171.x
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Examines the mental images Westerners formed of their subjective perceptions of a unique section of the earth's surface - the Malay world - and in a particular time-frame - the high colonial period (circa 1870 to 1940). Illustrates how the perceptions give rise to a definition of the region as an entity with an identity, spirit and personality internal to itself.

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