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Reclaiming Adat: Contemporary Malaysian Film and Literature

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Description for Reclaiming Adat: Contemporary Malaysian Film and Literature Paperback. Weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 9 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; APFA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.

In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional healing. Using close textual readings of literature and film, Khoo Gaik Cheng reveals the tensions between gender, modernity, and nation.

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The book will be a useful source for students interested in postcolonial film and literature, Asian culture, and gender studies, as well as the general reader keen to learn about contemporary Malaysia.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774811736
SKU
V9780774811736
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Gaik Cheng Khoo
Khoo Gaik Cheng is associate lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, Australian National University in Canberra.

Reviews for Reclaiming Adat: Contemporary Malaysian Film and Literature
One of the most cogent analyses I have read on the cinema of a Southeast Asian country. Well-versed in both literary theory and film theory, what Khoo has accomplished is amazing.
John A. Lent, author of Animation in Asia and the Pacific

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