Power, Adat, and popular TV fiction imaginary

• Main Authors: Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Raihanah Mohd Mydin
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: Leena & Luna International (Pvt) Limited 2016
• 主題: Narrative exchange; Popular TV fiction; Malay adat; Popular culture
• 在線閱讀: http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/12064; http://www.ajssh.leena-luna.co.jp/AJSSHPDFs/Vol.3%284%29/AJSSH2014%283.4-18%29.pdf

Research by Smith (2010) has shown that one of the implications of culture is the expansion of power. This paper explores how power is legitimized through the idealizing of Malay adat (customs) by the “dominant knowers” in Malaysia’s popular TV fiction. Based on Conversation Analysis of selected nar...