{"product_id":"reclaiming-adat-gaik-cheng-khoo-9780774811736","title":"Reclaiming Adat: Contemporary Malaysian Film and Literature","description":"In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in \u003ci\u003eadat\u003c\/i\u003e, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Adat\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed \u003ci\u003eadat\u003c\/i\u003e to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional healing. Using close textual readings of literature and film, Khoo Gaik Cheng reveals the tensions between gender, modernity, and nation. Khoo weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers. \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Adat\u003c\/i\u003e makes an essential contribution to our knowledge of the complexities embedded in modern Malaysian culture, politics, and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gaik Cheng Khoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774811730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774811736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.04w x 0.72d","brand":"Gaik Cheng Khoo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096715436287,"sku":"9780774811736","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reclaiming-adat-gaik-cheng-khoo-9780774811736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}