Identity contestation in Malaysia: a comparative commentary on ‘Malayness’ and ‘Chineseness’
The discourse on ethnic identity is a modern phenomenon. It came along with colonialism, in particular the construction of ‘colonial knowledge’ necessary for purposes of colonial ru,e. The creation of a ‘plural society’ in British Malaya provided the ‘epistemological basis and space’ not only for di...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
1999
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4166/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4166/ |