Taming the Wild: Aborigines and Racial Knowledge in Colonial MalayaIn Malaysia race is viewed not as an external attribute attached to a person but rather as an innate characteristic. Starting from this foundation, race and indigeneity have featured prominently in Malaysian politics throughout the postwar era, influencing both the civil status and property rights of broad sectors of the population. Scientific opinion shapes Malaysian thinking about the subject as do stereotypes, but much of the discussion rests on concepts developed within the discipline of anthropology and by the colonial administration in a process that dates back to the early nineteenth century. |
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Taming the Wild: Aborigines and Racial Knowledge in Colonial Malaya Sandra Khor Manickam No preview available - 2015 |
Taming the Wild: Aborigines and Racial Knowledge in Colonial Malaya Sandra Khor Manickam No preview available - 2015 |