| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
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| 副題名: |
religion in English-language Malaysian fiction |
| 作者: |
NgAndrew Hock-soon, 1972- |
| 其他團體作者: |
Project Muse |
| 出版地: |
Hong Kong [China] |
| 出版者: |
Hong Kong University Press; |
| 出版年: |
c2011 |
| 面頁冊數: |
1 online resource (281 p.). |
| 標題: |
Literature and society - Malaysia - |
| 標題: |
Religion and sociology - Malaysia - |
| 標題: |
Religion in literature - |
| 標題: |
Malaysian fiction (English) - History and criticism - |
| 電子資源: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789888053889/ |
| 附註: |
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE |
| 摘要註: |
Four main objectives underpin this study: to introduce Anglophone Malaysian literature to a wider, international readership; to identify the varied dimensions of religion and religiosity in Malaysian fiction inEnglish, and what they reveal about identity and nationhood; to demonstrate the manner in which these narratives provide crucial insights into the "cultural memory" of a people, rather than as documents about "the nation"; and to reveal the intersections between religion and other facets of identity such as class, gender and sexuality. The book is aimed at postgraduate students and researchers interested in Malaysian literature and religion. Those interested in the intersectionsbetween (post)modernity and religion in the Southeast Asian region will also find this book usefulAlso, students and researchers interested in the configurations of women and postcoloniality from areligious perspective mayalso find this book insightful |
| ISBN: |
9789888053889electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9789888083213pbk. |
| 內容註: |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- ch. 1. Visions of possibilities : religion and/as "hospitality" in Lloyd Fernando's novels -- ch. 2. Irony and the sacred in Lee Kok Liang's fiction -- ch. 3 Hinduism and the ways of the divine : the works of K.S. Maniam -- ch. 4. Contentious faiths : questioning Confucianism and Christianity in the fiction of Shirley Lim -- ch. 5. Islam and modernity incontemporary Anglophone fiction by Malay writers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |