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THE MALAY WORLD IN COLONIAL FICTION
Author(s) -
Kong Lily,
Savage Victor R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
singapore journal of tropical geography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9493
pISSN - 0129-7619
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9493.1986.tb00171.x
Subject(s) - malay , colonialism , citation , history , library science , art history , media studies , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , archaeology
Examines the mental images Westerners formed of their subjective perceptions of a unique section of the earth\u27s surface - the Malay world - and in a particular time-frame - the high colonial period (circa 1870 to 1940). Illustrates how the perceptions give rise to a definition of the region as an entity with an identity, spirit and personality internal to itself