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Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse

Edward Said's Orientalism (1978). suggested that Orientalist discourse was a devious effort of the West to lure the colonized and the colonizer into an imaginary existence that would help ensure its domination of the East. Through the work of Homi K. Bhabha, this discourse was broadened to incl...

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Main Author: Sim, Susan Chee Cheang
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Language:English
English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2003
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DS591-599 Malaysia. Malay Peninsula. Straits Settlements
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spelling my.ums.eprints.349832022-11-30T02:53:07Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34983/ Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse Sim, Susan Chee Cheang DS591-599 Malaysia. Malay Peninsula. Straits Settlements Edward Said's Orientalism (1978). suggested that Orientalist discourse was a devious effort of the West to lure the colonized and the colonizer into an imaginary existence that would help ensure its domination of the East. Through the work of Homi K. Bhabha, this discourse was broadened to include the notion of delusive and elusive representations of the colonized "Other". When Lacan introduced the psychoanalytic approach to complement the interrogation of tropes in western historiography, it became conclusive that the colonial discourse would embody resistance in the form of subaltern voices from the movement of colonial encounter. This article hopes to posit the Tionghua peranakan people within this colonial discourse, claiming their subaltern marginality and diaspo[ricl experience as the impetus that propelled them into a head-on encounter with the colonial. Penerbit UKM 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34983/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34983/2/ABSTRACT.pdf Sim, Susan Chee Cheang (2003) Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse. Jurnal Antarabangsa Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, 20 (1). pp. 31-38. ISSN 2289-1706 (P-ISSN) , 2289-4268 (E-ISSN) https://malaycivilization.com.my/files/original/a191acbdbd87953645c1c258d9d3881f.pdf
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topic DS591-599 Malaysia. Malay Peninsula. Straits Settlements
spellingShingle DS591-599 Malaysia. Malay Peninsula. Straits Settlements
Sim, Susan Chee Cheang
Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse
description Edward Said's Orientalism (1978). suggested that Orientalist discourse was a devious effort of the West to lure the colonized and the colonizer into an imaginary existence that would help ensure its domination of the East. Through the work of Homi K. Bhabha, this discourse was broadened to include the notion of delusive and elusive representations of the colonized "Other". When Lacan introduced the psychoanalytic approach to complement the interrogation of tropes in western historiography, it became conclusive that the colonial discourse would embody resistance in the form of subaltern voices from the movement of colonial encounter. This article hopes to posit the Tionghua peranakan people within this colonial discourse, claiming their subaltern marginality and diaspo[ricl experience as the impetus that propelled them into a head-on encounter with the colonial.
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author Sim, Susan Chee Cheang
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title Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse
title_short Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse
title_full Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse
title_fullStr Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse
title_full_unstemmed Banalities of subalternism: Positing the Tionghua Peranakan in the Colonial discourse
title_sort banalities of subalternism: positing the tionghua peranakan in the colonial discourse
publisher Penerbit UKM
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34983/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34983/2/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34983/
https://malaycivilization.com.my/files/original/a191acbdbd87953645c1c258d9d3881f.pdf
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