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The Hakkas of Sarawak. Sacrificial Gifts in Cold War Era Malaysia.

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Description for The Hakkas of Sarawak. Sacrificial Gifts in Cold War Era Malaysia. Paperback. This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.

This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Thousands of these rural Hakkas were relocated into “new villages” surrounded by barbed wire or detained at correction centres, where incarcerated people were understood to be “sacrificial gifts” to the war on communism and to the rule of Malaysia’s judicial-administrative regime.

The Hakkas of Sarawak looks at how these incarcerated people struggled for survival and dealt with their defeat over the course of a generation. Using methodologies of narrative theory and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442615465
SKU
V9781442615465
Shipping Time
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About Kee Howe Yong
Kee Howe Yong is an associate professor of anthropology at McMaster University.

Reviews for The Hakkas of Sarawak. Sacrificial Gifts in Cold War Era Malaysia.
Highly recommended. All levels.
A. Pashia
Choice Magazine, vol 51:06:2014

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