Anthony Milner

The Malays

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780631172222
• ISBN-10: 063117222X
• Artikelnr.: 21058075

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 BangsaMelayu .

6. Building 'Malays' into Nation States.

7. Multiple Forms of 'Malayness'

8. Ethnicity, Civilization and the Fear of 'Disappearingfrom this World'.

Bibliography.

Index.

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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.

Rezensionen

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

"When all is said and done, readers will have learned a greatdeal about what it is to be Malay... A thoughtful... book." (CHOICE, December 2009)"This study of a complex, elusive,and always changing essence of Malay civilisation draws on andreviews a large existing literature and adds an original andthought-provoking analysis to it. It is a work of great scholarshipthat is also absorbing reading." (Asian Affairs, March2010)

"Milner's book is thorough and well researched. Indeed, it is a'must read' for any student and/or practitioner of Malaysianhistory and politics." (The Star, August 2009)

"The book offers a fresh insight into the construction of groupidentities, the history of the Malay civilization and possiblefuture of the Malay ethnicity." (Kansas City infoZine, March2009)

"The Malays, confronts the bewildering diversity andcontradictions of the Malay identity, ethnicity and consciousness.The book seeks to provide a provocative case study of the Malaypeople and to explore the idea of 'Malayness.'" (PR Inside,March 2009)"The Malays is a must read book for those interested notonly on the ethnic Malays in Southeast Asia but also in the broaderfield of identity study in the social sciences."
-Shamsul A.B., Institute of Ethnic Studies, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia

"The Malays is an important contribution to theliterature on the varied and changing meanings of what it is to beMalay by one of the most eminent historians of the peoples oninsular and peninsular Southeast Asia. This book provides aninteresting case study of the way in which group identities are'constructed' and reconstructed in particular social and politicalcontexts. Broad ranging in both his temporal and geographical scopeand meticulously scholarly in his presentation of evidence, Milnerproduces fresh insights into the history and possible future of theMalays."
-Joel S. Kahn, La Trobe University, Australia