Sexual identities of the Malay male in Karim Raslan’s go East and neighbours

This paper explores the construction of sexual identities of fictional Malay men in Karim Raslan’s short stories Go East and Neighbours. It begins with a discussion on the complexity and fluidity of male sexuality and how it is mediated through the absence and presence of homosexuality, men’s art...

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Main Author: Collin Jerome
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2008
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2264/1/page1_21.pdf
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description This paper explores the construction of sexual identities of fictional Malay men in Karim Raslan’s short stories Go East and Neighbours. It begins with a discussion on the complexity and fluidity of male sexuality and how it is mediated through the absence and presence of homosexuality, men’s articulation of sexuality in the public and private realms and men’s fear and insecurity in developing intimate relationship with each other. The paper then presents a brief overview of the depictions of male sexuality in Malaysian literature in English, which is followed by discussions on the absence and presence of homosexuality in Go East and the transgression of male sexuality in Neighbours. The paper concludes that fictional Malay men in Karim Raslan’s short narratives not only transgress the concept of male sexuality but also the socio-cultural and religious norms and boundaries, offering alternative insights into mainstream ideas about sexuality and sexual identity in the contemporary Malaysian society.
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spelling ukm.eprints-22642016-12-14T06:31:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2264/ Sexual identities of the Malay male in Karim Raslan’s go East and neighbours Collin Jerome, This paper explores the construction of sexual identities of fictional Malay men in Karim Raslan’s short stories Go East and Neighbours. It begins with a discussion on the complexity and fluidity of male sexuality and how it is mediated through the absence and presence of homosexuality, men’s articulation of sexuality in the public and private realms and men’s fear and insecurity in developing intimate relationship with each other. The paper then presents a brief overview of the depictions of male sexuality in Malaysian literature in English, which is followed by discussions on the absence and presence of homosexuality in Go East and the transgression of male sexuality in Neighbours. The paper concludes that fictional Malay men in Karim Raslan’s short narratives not only transgress the concept of male sexuality but also the socio-cultural and religious norms and boundaries, offering alternative insights into mainstream ideas about sexuality and sexual identity in the contemporary Malaysian society. Penerbit UKM 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2264/1/page1_21.pdf Collin Jerome, (2008) Sexual identities of the Malay male in Karim Raslan’s go East and neighbours. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 8 (1). pp. 35-46. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%20vol%208%20%281%29%202008/page35_46.pdf
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Sexual identities of the Malay male in Karim Raslan’s go East and neighbours
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title_full_unstemmed Sexual identities of the Malay male in Karim Raslan’s go East and neighbours
title_short Sexual identities of the Malay male in Karim Raslan’s go East and neighbours
title_sort sexual identities of the malay male in karim raslan s go east and neighbours
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