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050		4	_aPR9530.4 _b.N435 2011
100	1		_aNg, Andrew Hock-soon, _d1972-
245	0	0	_aIntimating the sacred _h[electronic resource] : _breligion in English-language Malaysian fiction / _cAndrew Hock Soon Ng.
260			_aHong Kong [China] : _bHong Kong University Press, _cc2011 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject Muse _g2012) _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 electronic text (281 p.) :) _bdigital file.
336			_atext _btxt
337			_acomputer _bc
338			_aonline resource _bcr
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and index.
505	0		_aAcknowledgements -- Introduction -- ch. 1. Visions of possibilities : religion and/as "hospitality" in Lloyd Fernando's novels -- ch. 2. Irony and the sacred in Lee Kok Liang's fiction -- ch. 3. Hinduism and the ways of the divine : the works of K.S. Maniam -- ch. 4. Contentious faiths : questioning Confucianism and Christianity in the fiction of Shirley Lim -- ch. 5. Islam and modernity in contemporary Anglophone fiction by Malay writers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aFour main objectives underpin this study: to introduce Anglophone Malaysian literature to a wider, international readership; to identify the varied dimensions of religion and religiosity in Malaysian fiction in English, and what they reveal about identity and nationhood; to demonstrate the manner in which these narratives provide crucial insights into the "cultural memory" of a people, rather than as documents about "the nation"; and to reveal the intersections between religion and other facets of identity such as class, gender and sexuality. The book is aimed at postgraduate students and researchers interested in Malaysian literature and religion. Those interested in the intersections between (post)modernity and religion in the Southeast Asian region will also find this book useful. Also, students and researchers interested in the configurations of women and postcoloniality from a religious perspective may also find this book insightful.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aLiterature and society _zMalaysia.
650		0	_aReligion and sociology _zMalaysia.
650		0	_aReligion in literature.
650		0	_aMalaysian fiction (English) _xHistory and criticism.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9888083201 _z9789888083213
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789888053889/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2011 Literature
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2011 Complete
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2011 Asian and Pacific Studies
999			_c41599 _d41599