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Weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers.

Trade Review
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

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1 Reclaiming Adat

2 Malay Myth and Changing Attitudes Towards Nationalism: The Hang Tuah/Hang Jebat Debate

3 DissemiNation of Malay/sia

4 Malay/sian Films: Cinema of Denial

5 Representations of the Modern Malay Woman of the 1990s

6 What Is It To Be A Man? Violence in the Time of Modernity

Appendix A: Cultural Representations of Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat

Appendix B: Primary Filmography

Appendix C: Secondary Filmography

Notes

References

Index

Reclaiming Adat Contemporary Malaysian Film and

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/2006
      ISBN13: 9780774811736, 978-0774811736
      ISBN10: 0774811730
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers.

      Trade Review
      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

      Table of Contents

      Illustrations

      Acknowledgments

      Abbreviations

      1 Reclaiming Adat

      2 Malay Myth and Changing Attitudes Towards Nationalism: The Hang Tuah/Hang Jebat Debate

      3 DissemiNation of Malay/sia

      4 Malay/sian Films: Cinema of Denial

      5 Representations of the Modern Malay Woman of the 1990s

      6 What Is It To Be A Man? Violence in the Time of Modernity

      Appendix A: Cultural Representations of Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat

      Appendix B: Primary Filmography

      Appendix C: Secondary Filmography

      Notes

      References

      Index

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