The Malays

ISBN-13: 9781444339031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 312 str.

Anthony Milner;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

There is something mercurial about being labeled a ′Malay′. Connotations run the gamut – from Joseph Conrad′s mysterious and dangerous pirates to the ′lazy natives′ of colonial–era economies. Another early stereotype tagged them as the ′best–mannered′ gentlemen of the East. More modern portraits point to the ′New Malays′ as entrepreneurs of a modern, triumphant Malaysia, skillful region–builders of ASEAN, and a people divided over the proper role of Islam. Their geographical boundaries aren′t much clearer. Often, the Malays are said to consist of groups clustered on the Malay Peninsula and along coasts and rivers of Sumatra and Borneo. Sometimes they are described as a vast race reaching across Indonesia and the Philippines and on to Madagascar.So just who are the Malays? This provocative study poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical, ′Malay′ context. The Malays is a comprehensive examination of the origins and development of Malay identity, ethnicity, and consciousness over the past five centuries.

Recenzje

"The Malays – a volume in Wiley–Blackwell′s series The peoples of South–East Asia and the Pacific′ – is an absorbing read, clearly written not only for those already interested in the cultural dynamics of the island world of Southeast Asia, but also for everyone who is interested in knowing how to successfully fail in defining a particular race, people or ethnicity." (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1 February 2011)

Spis treści

List of Figures.

List of Maps.

Preface and Acknowledgements.

Note about the Author.

1 Thinking about ′the Malays′ and ′Malayness′.

2 Early Histories: Engaging India and Islam.

3 The Sultanates.

4 A ′Malay′ or Kerajaan World?

5 Experiencing Colonialism, and the Making of the Bangsa Melayu.

6 Building ′Malays′ into Nation States.

7 Multiple Forms of ′Malayness′.

8 Ethnicity, Civilization and the Fear of ′Disappearing from this World′.

Bibliography.

Index.

O autorze

Anthony Milner is Basham Professor of Asian History at the Australian National University, and was Visiting Professor at The Research Institute for the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Tokyo) in 2007. He has also held appointments as Raffles Visiting Professor of History at the National University of Singapore and Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. His writings on ′the Malays′ include The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya (1995, 2002), and Kerajaan: Malay Political Culture on the Eve of Colonial Rule (1982). He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.