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Intimating the Sacred
Andrew Hock Soon Ng
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Description for Intimating the Sacred
Paperback. 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.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789888083213
SKU
V9789888083213
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About Andrew Hock Soon Ng
Andrew Hock Soon Ng is senior lecturer in literary studies at Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia. He is the author of Dimensions of Monstrosity in Contemporary Narratives and Interrogating Interstices.
Reviews for Intimating the Sacred
In Intimating the Sacred, Andrew Hock Soon Ng confirms his status as one of the most important new voices in Malaysian literary studies, moving beyond national and postcolonial frameworks to a more subtle plotting of the psychic contours of Malaysian modernity.
Philip Holden, National University of Singapore
Philip Holden, National University of Singapore