Merlion : postcolonializing Judith Butler in Alfian Sa'at's Asian Boys trilogy.
Alfian’s Asian Boys trilogy, like this thesis, figures into the analogy of the Merlion – a hybrid of two seemingly impossible notions – Singaporean and gay. The reinvention refers to Alfian’s queer approach to postcolonial plays that use the local Singaporean-English slang to discuss familiar postco...
Main Author: | Nurul Ain Yahya. |
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Other Authors: | Sim Wai Chew |
Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15218 |
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