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Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya

Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya

Soda, Naoki

Paperback

Southeast Asian History

ISBN10: 1925608220
ISBN13: 9781925608229
Publisher: Trans Pacific Pr
Published: Feb 1 2022
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of colonial knowledge and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent, and for what purpose did the colonized accept, modify, and adapt the colonizer's worldview? To answer these questions, this study examines textbooks produced by British and Malay authors for teaching Malay history and geography to the local populace in teacher training colleges, then conducts a case study of one of these students who would go on to become a prominent nationalist activist. It shows that while the colonizers brought new concepts of Malayness to Malaya, the indigenization of colonial knowledge entailed significant reinterpretation, transformation, and appropriation.

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