The modern Malay : A comparative study of Katherine Sim’s Malacca Boy (1957) and Mahathir Mohamad’s The Malay Dilemma (1970)

• Main Authors: Mohamad Rashidi Mohd Pakri,, Grace, V.S. Chin, Afzal, Malik Haroon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20953/1/53674-198295-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20953/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1554

This article examines the representations of the modern Malay in Katherine Sim’s Malacca Boy (1957), which is set against the backdrop of historical events in British Malaya, including the Japanese Occupation. An important historical commentary on Malay life and modernising Malaya, the novel invites...