Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour

Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour

This essay focuses on how members of the Malay community are characterised in Lloyd Fernando‟s Green is the Colour (1993) by highlighting the complexities and nuances surrounding Malay identity. Fernando‟s characterisation of Malays puts focus on discourses of identity and belonging that continue to...

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Main Author: Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2014
Subjects:
HT Communities. Classes. Races
PR English literature
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/1/532-1018-1-SM.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/4/47534_Malay%20characters%20in%20Lloyd%20Fernando%27s%20green%20is%20the%20colour_SCOPUS.pdf
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spelling iium-475342017-09-19T06:28:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/ Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha HT Communities. Classes. Races PR English literature This essay focuses on how members of the Malay community are characterised in Lloyd Fernando‟s Green is the Colour (1993) by highlighting the complexities and nuances surrounding Malay identity. Fernando‟s characterisation of Malays puts focus on discourses of identity and belonging that continue to dominate imaginaries on personal and national levels. By putting the 1969 Sino-Malay Race Riots and the Islamic Revivalism of the 1980s into context, Fernando enables a discussion not only on the many aspects of being Malay, but at the same time address how these many facets of “Malay” identity inform and are informed by the Malaysian socio-political landscape. International Islamic University Malaysia 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/1/532-1018-1-SM.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/4/47534_Malay%20characters%20in%20Lloyd%20Fernando%27s%20green%20is%20the%20colour_SCOPUS.pdf Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha (2014) Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour. Asiatic, 8 (2). pp. 125-136. ISSN 1985-3106 http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/532/499
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English
topic HT Communities. Classes. Races
PR English literature
spellingShingle HT Communities. Classes. Races
PR English literature
Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha
Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour
description This essay focuses on how members of the Malay community are characterised in Lloyd Fernando‟s Green is the Colour (1993) by highlighting the complexities and nuances surrounding Malay identity. Fernando‟s characterisation of Malays puts focus on discourses of identity and belonging that continue to dominate imaginaries on personal and national levels. By putting the 1969 Sino-Malay Race Riots and the Islamic Revivalism of the 1980s into context, Fernando enables a discussion not only on the many aspects of being Malay, but at the same time address how these many facets of “Malay” identity inform and are informed by the Malaysian socio-political landscape.
format Article
author Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha
author_facet Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha
author_sort Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha
title Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour
title_short Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour
title_full Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour
title_fullStr Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour
title_full_unstemmed Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour
title_sort malay characters in lloyd fernando’s green is the colour
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/1/532-1018-1-SM.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47534/4/47534_Malay%20characters%20in%20Lloyd%20Fernando%27s%20green%20is%20the%20colour_SCOPUS.pdf
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