Maniam's Malyasian vision
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Article Title | Maniam's Malyasian vision |
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ERA Journal ID | 18720 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Wicks, Peter |
Journal Title | Asian Profile |
Journal Citation | 25 (5), pp. 387-396 |
Year | 1997 |
Publisher | Asian Research Service |
Place of Publication | Richmond, BC, Canada |
ISSN | 0304-8675 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.asianresearchservice.com/Asianprofile.htm |
Abstract | This paper is an attempt to understand Maniam’s creative output in terms of his life, his place, and his times, especially from the sustained fiction of the novels. Maniam’s texts tell us of an author living in a particular environment during a particular period of time, that is, from British Malaya to Malaysia. The texts themselves also provide insights that are both personal and cultural, furnishing a Tamil Indian perspective of Malaysia from a small town and rubber estate on the north of the peninsula. K.S. Maniam’s vision of Malaysia emphasises the fragility of belonging for recent immigrant groups, as well as the marginality of Indian Malaysians. |
Keywords | Maniam, Malaysian literature, Malaysia |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470524. Other Asian literature (excl. South-East Asian) |
Public Notes | No response to requests for copyright permission from publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9yw00/maniam-s-malyasian-vision
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