Reinventing Malaysian identity through multicultural nationalism : Kee Tuan Chye's We Could **** You, Mr Birch and Huzir Sulaiman's Atomic Jaya /
Malaysia is a multiethnic society with diverse cultural traditions. People from the three main races – Malays, Chinese and Indians – live here side by side with those of various indigenous tribes. However, even with more than 50 years of experience as a sovereign nation, the issue of multiculturalis...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur :
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2013
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| Summary: | Malaysia is a multiethnic society with diverse cultural traditions. People from the three main races – Malays, Chinese and Indians – live here side by side with those of various indigenous tribes. However, even with more than 50 years of experience as a sovereign nation, the issue of multiculturalism, or the plurality of ethnicity and culture is still debated in the country. Following the May 1969 tragedy, the call for national unity between the races has become more insistent as people from all backgrounds realise the crucial need for integration between the races. In the field of local English language playwriting, playwrights such as Kee Thuan Chye and Huzir Sulaiman are well known for their efforts in promoting the construction of one unified national identity for all citizens of Malaysia in their works. Therefore, this study deals with a question of how these two playwrights have approached the issues of race and multiculturalism in their plays and how these two issues are represented in their work. Apart from that, this study also deals with on the discourse of cultural underpinnings of multicultural politics; approaching the subject through the post-colonial theory of multicultural nationalism. It is hoped that this study will provide us with a better understanding of the issue of national identity in Malaysia in the post-1969 tragedy through the selected English language plays. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 87 leaves : ill. ; 30cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-87). |