Decolonizing the Malaysian Mind: Celebrating the Pioneering Achievement of Lloyd Fernando’s Cultural Politics

Authors

  • Shirley Geok-Lin Lim University of California-Santa Barbara, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol55no2.17

Keywords:

Lloyd Fernando, Anglophone Malaysian literature, University of Malaya English Department, decolonizing, Cultures in Conflict, Scorpion Orchid

Abstract

This article maps Lloyd Fernando’s contributions to Malaysian English-language literature as Head of English at the University of Malaya, examines his negotiations with the inception of Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) as National Language and the downgrading of Malaysian English writing to sectional literature recorded in Cultures in Conflict (1986) and concludes with comparative readings of this collection and his novel, Scorpion Orchid (1976).

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Published

16-12-2018

How to Cite

Lim, S. G.-L. (2018). Decolonizing the Malaysian Mind: Celebrating the Pioneering Achievement of Lloyd Fernando’s Cultural Politics. SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English, 55(2), 228–243. https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol55no2.17

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 2 (2018): SOUTHEAST ASIAN REVIEW OF ENGLISH (DEC. 2018)

Section

GENERAL SECTION

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