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Memory and nation-building : World War II in Malaysian literature

Title
Memory and nation-building : World War II in Malaysian literature / Vandana Saxena.
Author
Saxena, Vandana
Publication
  • New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Description
179 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
"'Memory and Nation-building' turns to the contemporary images of World War II in Malaysian literature to explore the way the collective memories of the conflict embody the search for a historical narrative that can accommodate the cultural and ethnic diversity of the country"--
Series Statement
Routledge studies in contemporary literature
Uniform Title
Routledge studies in contemporary literature.
Subject
  • 1939-1945
  • Malaysian literature (English) > History and criticism
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Malaysia > Literature and the war
  • Collective memory in literature
  • Postcolonialism in literature
  • Malaysian literature (English)
  • War and literature
  • Malaysia
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Reading World War II in Malaysian Literature -- 2. Memory, Literature, and Nation-Building -- 3. Multicultural Memoryscapes: History, Memory, Storytelling -- 4. Maternal Memories: Diasporic Women and the Legacies of Memory -- 5. Moving On: Changing Images of Japan in Malaysian Literature -- 6. Mediated Memories and Nostalgia in Cyberspace -- 7. Towards Remembrance and Reconciliation: The Role of Literary Narration -- 8. Memories in a Multicultural Nation.
Call Number
JFE 21-8073
ISBN
  • 9781032051024
  • 1032051027
  • 9780367763022
  • 0367763028
LCCN
  • 2021007166
  • 40030755779
OCLC
1237634036
Author
Saxena, Vandana, author.
Title
Memory and nation-building : World War II in Malaysian literature / Vandana Saxena.
Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge studies in contemporary literature
Routledge studies in contemporary literature.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1939-1945
Other Form:
ebook version : 9781000422566
Other Standard Identifier
40030755779
Research Call Number
JFE 21-8073
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