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The Development Of The Popular Malay Cult Novel, Sohaimi Abdul Aziz
The Development Of The Popular Malay Cult Novel, Sohaimi Abdul Aziz
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Since the late 1990s the popularity of the popular Malay cult novels in Malaysia has grown enormously. Writers of the popular cult novels such as Ramlee Awang Murshid, who were sidelined at one time, began to attract the attention of literary critics. They form the new wave of young writers who are becoming popular very quickly, taking advantage of a new segment of readers born in a society dominated by commercialism, urbanisation and technology. Popular Malay authors who write cult novels have also taken advantage of developments in information and communication technology that enhance the popularity of their works.
Sang Kanchil Meets Sime Darby: Drawing New Postcolonial Boundaries In The Asia-Pacific, Paul Sharrad
Sang Kanchil Meets Sime Darby: Drawing New Postcolonial Boundaries In The Asia-Pacific, Paul Sharrad
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This paper has its origins in a request to think about postcolonial studies in the context of a literary conference in Malaysia, prompting the following review of the field and how it is changing, with thoughts on how it might apply to some of the social issues in what was generally set up as ‘the Asia Pacific region’. In general, postcolonial studies has always been about analysis of ‘difference management’ within a utopian project of correcting prejudicial discriminations in the operations of power, grounded on a sense of the rights of groups of people to self determination and equity — …
Kunapipi 32 (1&2) 2010 Full Version, Anne Collett
Kunapipi 32 (1&2) 2010 Full Version, Anne Collett
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Kunapipi 32 (1&2) 2010 Full Version