Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour

Ramlan, Wan Nur Madiha (2014) Malay characters in Lloyd Fernando’s Green is the colour. Asiatic, 8 (2). pp. 125-136. ISSN 1985-3106

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Abstract

This essay focuses on how members of the Malay community are characterised in Lloyd Fernando‟s Green is the Colour (1993) by highlighting the complexities and nuances surrounding Malay identity. Fernando‟s characterisation of Malays puts focus on discourses of identity and belonging that continue to dominate imaginaries on personal and national levels. By putting the 1969 Sino-Malay Race Riots and the Islamic Revivalism of the 1980s into context, Fernando enables a discussion not only on the many aspects of being Malay, but at the same time address how these many facets of “Malay” identity inform and are informed by the Malaysian socio-political landscape.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7549/47534
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Malays, Islam, modernity, identity, Lloyd Fernando, Malaysian literature
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature
Depositing User:	WAN NUR MADIHA RAMLAN
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2016 09:36
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2017 14:28
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/47534

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