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Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History

by Alfian Sa’at, Sai Siew Min, Faris Joraimi
RM51.17 MYR
Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History
Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History

Decolonizing Singapore's narrative; embracing Merdeka history.

If you're someone who questions the layers of history and narrative we inherit, "Raffles Renounced" could prove a significant read. It isn't just a scholarly debate; it's a collection that challenges the colonial roots of Singapore through various lenses—historical, literary, and artistic. Especially with the inclusion of source materials from the play Merdeka, this book provides a multifaceted approach to understanding the complexities of national identity and memory in a post-colonial context.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History

by Alfian Sa’at, Sai Siew Min, Faris Joraimi
RM51.17 MYR
ISBN: 9789811420382
Authors: Alfian Sa’at, Sai Siew Min, Faris Joraimi
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2021-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
Related Topics: Asia, Anthropology
Goodreads rating: 4.21
(rated by 77 readers)

Description

Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? Why did it do so with a history dating from 1299? And what are the possibilities of doing decolonial history in Singapore? Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History presents 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.
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Decolonizing Singapore's narrative; embracing Merdeka history.

If you're someone who questions the layers of history and narrative we inherit, "Raffles Renounced" could prove a significant read. It isn't just a scholarly debate; it's a collection that challenges the colonial roots of Singapore through various lenses—historical, literary, and artistic. Especially with the inclusion of source materials from the play Merdeka, this book provides a multifaceted approach to understanding the complexities of national identity and memory in a post-colonial context.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.