Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya

Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of "colonial knowledge" and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent, and for what purpose did the colonized accept, modify, and adapt the colonizer's worldview? To answer these questions, this study examines textbooks produced by British and Malay authors for teaching Malay history and geography to the local populace in teacher training colleges, then conducts a case study of one of these students who would go on to become a prominent nationalist activist. It shows that while the colonizers brought new concepts of Malayness to Malaya, the indigenization of colonial knowledge entailed significant reinterpretation, transformation, and appropriation.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Published: 11/01/2020
ISBN: 9781920901370
Pages: 206
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d