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Memory and nation-building : World War II in Malaysian literature / Vandana Saxena.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saxena, Vandana, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in contemporary literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malaysian literature (English)--History and criticism.
- Malaysian literature (English).
- World War, 1939-1945--Malaysia--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Collective memory in literature.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- War and literature.
- Malaysia.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 179 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781032051024
- 1032051027
- 9780367763022
- 0367763028
- OCLC:
- 1237634036
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