Colonial knowledge, invention and reinvention of Malay Identity in pre-independence Malaya: a retrospect
This paper discusses how Malay identity in the pre-colonial era was ruler-centred and specific towards kingdoms of Malaccan descent changed to become a ‘bangsa Melayu’ encompassing all the definitive peoples of Malaya under the name of Malay. The crucial break between an identity which was kerajaan...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
1999
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