Colony, Nation, and Globalisation: Not at Home in Singaporean and Malaysian Literature

Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction I. Colony: British Malaya Chapter 1 Amok and Arrogation: Frank Swettenham’s ‘Real Malay’ Chapter 2 Discourses of Difference: Isabella Bird, Emily Innes, and Florence Caddy Chapter 3 The Exhaustion of Colonial Romance: W. Somerset Maugham and Anthony Burgess II. Nations: Malaya, Singapore, and Malaysia Chapter 4 ‘There is no way out but through’: Lee Kok Liang and the Malayan Nation Chapter 5 Nationalism and Literature: Two Poems Concerning the Merlion and Karim Raslan’s “Heroes” Chapter 6 Irresponsibility and Commitment: Philip Jeyaretnam’s Abraham’s Promise and Gopal Baratham’s A Candle or the Sun Contents vii 1 13 15 31 45 61 63 77 93 vi Contents III. Globalisation: Home is Elsewhere Chapter 7 The Post-Diasporic Imagination:The Novels of K. S. Maniam Chapter 8 Two Singaporeans in America: Hwee Hwee Tan’s Mammon Inc. and Simon Tay’s Alien Asian Chapter 9 Writing Back Home: Tash Aw’s The Harmony Silk Factory, Vyvyane Loh’s Breaking the Tongue, and Lau Siew Mei’s Playing Madame Mao Conclusion Works Cited Index 107 109 121 133 151 153 163 ...