Colony, nation, and globalisation : not at home in Singaporean and Malaysian literature /
This work explores colonial and postcolonial literatures of Singapore and Malaysia. It traces in them a history of anxiety that attends to the notion of home. The premise is that home is a physical space as well as a symbolic terrain invested with social, political, and cultural meanings.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
2011.
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| Summary: | This work explores colonial and postcolonial literatures of Singapore and Malaysia. It traces in them a history of anxiety that attends to the notion of home. The premise is that home is a physical space as well as a symbolic terrain invested with social, political, and cultural meanings. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 165 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789888053506 9888053507 988220676X 9789882206762 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |