Writing a New Society Social Change Through the Novel in Malay |
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| Author:
| Hooker, Virginia Matheson |
| Series title: | ASAA Southeast Asia Publications |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8248-2304-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaii Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $41.00 |
Book Description:
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Recent social and political upheaval in Malaysia has taken many analysts by surprise, but the stresses and fissures in Malay society have been vividly described in Malay novels since the early 1960s.
Writing a New Society is the first extended study of the novel in Malay and is a groundbreaking study of the relationship between social change and literary practice. The book traces the emergence of the genre from the 1920s and, drawing on twenty-six of Malaysia's best-known...
More DescriptionRecent social and political upheaval in Malaysia has taken many analysts by surprise, but the stresses and fissures in Malay society have been vividly described in Malay novels since the early 1960s. Writing a New Society is the first extended study of the novel in Malay and is a groundbreaking study of the relationship between social change and literary practice. The book traces the emergence of the genre from the 1920s and, drawing on twenty-six of Malaysia's best-known novels, argues that the form was developed as a vehicle for transforming Malay ideas about themselves and their society.