Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines

Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines

This paper studies the experience encountered by three South Asian nations in the face of globalisation in which nationalism is often seen as something negative and regressive. The paper analyses how these three nations strengthen the position of national literature in the face of globalisation. It...

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Main Author: Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press,International Islamic University Malaysia 2008
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PN Literature (General)
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spelling iium-327102016-07-15T07:50:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32710/ Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah PN Literature (General) This paper studies the experience encountered by three South Asian nations in the face of globalisation in which nationalism is often seen as something negative and regressive. The paper analyses how these three nations strengthen the position of national literature in the face of globalisation. It also compares how minority voices attract international attention and expose themselves to two risks. One of the risks is being dominant over national literature which will likely create tension within the nation. The second risk is of being marginalised and losing their iterary importance in their own land. IIUM Press,International Islamic University Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32710/3/32710_-_Human_Rights_and_National_Literature__A_Comparative_Study_of_the_Experiences_in_Malaysia%2C_Thailand_and_the_Philippines.pdf Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah (2008) Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Asiatic, 2 (2). pp. 77-89. ISSN 1985-3106 http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/49
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Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines
description This paper studies the experience encountered by three South Asian nations in the face of globalisation in which nationalism is often seen as something negative and regressive. The paper analyses how these three nations strengthen the position of national literature in the face of globalisation. It also compares how minority voices attract international attention and expose themselves to two risks. One of the risks is being dominant over national literature which will likely create tension within the nation. The second risk is of being marginalised and losing their iterary importance in their own land.
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author Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah
author_facet Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah
author_sort Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah
title Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines
title_short Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines
title_full Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines
title_fullStr Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines
title_sort human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in malaysia, thailand and the philippines
publisher IIUM Press,International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2008
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/32710/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/32710/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/32710/3/32710_-_Human_Rights_and_National_Literature__A_Comparative_Study_of_the_Experiences_in_Malaysia%2C_Thailand_and_the_Philippines.pdf
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