Caption
Preview of Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History. Pages have been omitted in this book preview.
Thumbnail
Written By
Person Profile Reference
Role
Person Profile Reference
Role
Name
Joanne Leow
Role
Person Profile Reference
Role
Person Profile Reference
Role
Edited By
Person Profile Reference
Role
Person Profile Reference
Role
Person Profile Reference
Role
Body Title
Body Content
Body Text
Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? What does Merdeka mean for Singaporeans? And what are the possibilities of doing decolonial history in Singapore? Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka Historypresents essays by historians, literary scholars and artists which grapple with these questions.
The volume also reproduces some of the source material used in the play Merdeka / 獨立 / சுதந்திரம் (Wild Rice, 2019). Taken together, the book shows how the contradictions of independent nationhood haunt Singaporeans' collective and personal stories about Merdeka. It points to the need for a Merdeka history: an open and fearless culture of historical reckoning that not only untangles us from colonial narratives, but proposes emancipatory possibilities.
(Source: Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History blurb)
Body Text
Donated by Ethos Books
Format
Paperback
Pages
280pages
ISBN
9789811420382
Publisher
Organisation Reference
Role
Published Year
Language
Availability
Availability Status
Available
No. of Copies
1copies available