Isbn: 9789888083213 - intimating the sacred: religion in english-language malaysian fiction (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. This study analyzes an important feature in English-language Malaysian fiction that has been considerably neglected in scholarship--the theme of religion. Through interrogating this theme, the multilayered textures of cultural memories that are infused with "spiritual" dimensions are revealed in the narratives under discussion. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Summary:Four main objectives underpin this study: to introduce Anglophone Malaysian literature to a wider, international readership; to identify the varied dimensions of religion and religiosity in Malaysian fiction in English, and what they reveal about identity and nationhood; to demonstrate the manner in which these narratives provide crucial insights into the "cultural memory" of a people, rather than as documents about "the nation"; and to reveal the intersections between religion and other facets of identity such as class, gender and sexuality. The book is aimed at postgraduate students and researchers interested in Malaysian literature and religion. Those interested in the intersections between (post)modernity and religion in the Southeast Asian region will also find this book useful. Also, students and researchers interested in the configurations of women and postcoloniality from a religious perspective may also find this book insightful. Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction ch. 1. Visions of possibilities : religion and/as "hospitality" in Lloyd Fernando's novels ch. 2. Irony and the sacred in Lee Kok Liang's fiction ch. 3. Hinduism and the ways of the divine : the works of K.S. Maniam ch. 4. Contentious faiths : questioning Confucianism and Christianity in the fiction of Shirley Lim ch. 5. Islam and modernity in contemporary Anglophone fiction by Malay writers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.…