1st Edition
Memory and Nation-Building World War II in Malaysian Literature
By Vandana Saxena
Copyright 2022
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Nations are built by narrating their past. Threads of common memories weave the fabric of the national culture, integrating the heterogenous communities into the idea of a single nation. In multicultural societies, the process is a messy one. Different communities remember the past from perspectives that often clash with each other. Multiple memories of a multicultural nation challenge the idea... Read more
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Biography
Dr. Vandana Saxena teaches literature at the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Malaya. She has taught in the Universities in India, Malaysia and Vietnam. Her major research interests are South-East Asian culture and literature and Memory Studies. She has published several papers and a book (The Subversive Harry Potter) on aspects of memory like trauma, nostalgia and childhood.
