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Book He Who is Made Lord  Empire  Class and Race in Postwar Singapore

Download or read book He Who is Made Lord Empire Class and Race in Postwar Singapore written by Muhammad Suhail bin Mohamed Yazid and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1959, the British established the office of Yang di-Pertuan Negara (He Who is Made Lord) to replace the colonial governorship and represent Queen Elizabeth II in Singapore. Muhammad Suhail explores the divergent attempts to invest meaning in the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. In doing so, he weaves a rich story about the contesting ideas of sovereignty during the global age of decolonization. He Who is Made Lord is a captivating take on Singapore’s emergence as a postcolonial nation, providing a gateway into the island’s past as part of the Malay World, the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. "The Yang di-Pertuan Negara is a subject that has received only passing mentions in the Singapore Story. This book is the first detailed study to reveal not only the politics of its creation but also the cultural significance of the office. By delving into its multifaceted meanings, this insightful account offers readers a fascinating treatise on the office’s connection with the momentous final years of British rule in the colony and Singapore’s brief interlude in Malaysia." -- Associate Professor Albert Lau, Department of History, National University of Singapore "The end of the British Empire wrought considerable change across the globe, but it also left many legacies and questions such as what or who would replace the omnipotent Crown. He Who is Made Lord examines the neglected but fascinating story of how Singapore grappled with this issue, which was more delicate, nuanced and far reaching than most supposed. Muhammad Suhail has made an original, well-researched, and valuable study of the position of Head of State in Singapore during the last stages of colonialism and shows vividly that far from being of ceremonial or administrative interest, it touched on wider and deeper issues in Singaporean and Southeast Asian history and society, reflecting tensions of identity and hopes for the future." -- Dr Harshan Kumarasingham, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh "In this ground-breaking book, Muhammad Suhail has meticulously scoured, scrutinized, and synthesized archival official records, newspaper articles, government publications, pictures, and websites to peel and expose the many layers of the hitherto overlooked office of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore to reveal the contradictions, contestations, and constructions of the created office in the context of the tumultuous period of decolonization. Suhail also has laid bare the complex personality of the man who held this office, Yusof Ishak, exposing the myriad of faces, appearances, and roles he represented and was made to represent, appreciating his triumphs and weaknesses, but most importantly, humanizing him." -- Associate Professor Sher Banu A.L. Khan, Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore

Book MAJALAH DIGITAL ARMORY REBORN  29   EN

Download or read book MAJALAH DIGITAL ARMORY REBORN 29 EN written by ARMORY REBORN and published by PT. ARMORY REBORN INDONESIA. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dunia yang kita huni saat ini semakin sesak dan dipenuhi tensi. Mulai dari negara, korporasi, hingga individu, semuanya memiliki suara untuk mempromosikan perdamaian atau perang, secara eksplisit maupun implisit. Meskipun perang terbuka adalah situasi yang kita semua hindari, namun persoalan keseimbangan kekuasaan tidak pernah lekang dimakan zaman.

Book MAJALAH DIGITAL ARMORY REBORN  33   EN

Download or read book MAJALAH DIGITAL ARMORY REBORN 33 EN written by ARMORY REBORN and published by PT. ARMORY REBORN INDONESIA. This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happy to meet again, Armory Reborn friends! May you all always be healthy, happy and enthusiastic. This September is a special month. Indonesia is hosting the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, 5-7 September 2023. As Chair of ASEAN this year, Indonesia carries the theme ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth. This theme underlines ASEAN's important role for the regional and world economy. This ASEAN Summit was not only attended by ASEAN leaders. But also present were the leaders of partner countries, such as China, India, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the Russian Federation and the United States. Last August, President Jokowi also attended the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. However, Indonesia still seems to be considering the pros and cons of joining BRICS. Indonesia's position is increasingly central in world economics and geopolitics. Indonesia's central position in the Southeast Asia region is related to the legacy that US President Joe Biden will leave behind. The US presidential election will take place in 2024. However, as his term draws to a close, Biden still has not demonstrated a solid strategy to attract many Asian countries, especially Southeast Asia, to the US camp. In the economic realm, the US does not have an effective strategy to counter China's influence in Southeast Asian countries. US hegemony also faces serious challenges with the increasing multipolar world order, namely the BRICS. Meanwhile, Indonesia is currently facing a potential crisis that must be mitigated, namely the rice crisis. India's action to stop rice exports, coupled with a decrease in food production due to the El Nino phenomenon and climate change in Southeast Asian countries, could threaten Indonesia's food security. For those of you who are fond of weapons technology, we provide articles about the various combat aircraft that will be acquired by Indonesia, such as the Rafale and F-15EX. These 4.5 generation aircraft are compared to the F-35 Lightning II, the 5.0 generation aircraft that is the US mainstay. Apart from that, there are other articles. For example, an article about the United States election. There is an assessment of Republican Party cadres who might run and compete in the US presidential election. We hope that Armory, Reborn friends can enjoy it. Satrio Arismunandar Editor in chief

Book Majalah perpustakaan Malaysia

Download or read book Majalah perpustakaan Malaysia written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Media Asia

Download or read book Media Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern Egyptian Women  Fashion and Faith

Download or read book Modern Egyptian Women Fashion and Faith written by Amany Abdelrazek-Alsiefy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses Egyptian Muslim women’s dress as the social, political and ideological signifier of the changing attitudes towards Western modernity. It employs women’s clothing styles as a feminist act that provides rich insights into the power and limits of legal regulations and hegemonic discourses in constructing gendered and cultural borders in the modern Egyptian public sphere. Furthermore, through highlighting marginalized but significant models and historical moments of cultural exchange between Muslim and Western cultures through female dress, the book tells a third story beyond the binary model of an assumed modest oppressed traditional Muslim woman vis-à-vis consumer emancipated modern Western woman in mainstream Western discourse and literary representation.

Book Ethnicity  class  and development  Malaysia

Download or read book Ethnicity class and development Malaysia written by Husin Ali (S.) and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book My Body

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  • Author : Emily Ratajkowski
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Books
  • Release : 2021-11-09
  • ISBN : 1250817870
  • Pages : 149 pages

Download or read book My Body written by Emily Ratajkowski and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any 'Pygmalion' and becomes a more dangerous kind of beautiful. She becomes a kind of god in her own right: an artist." —Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review A "MOST ANTICIPATED" AND "BEST OF FALL 2021" BOOK FOR * VOGUE * TIME * ESQUIRE * PEOPLE * USA TODAY * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * LOS ANGELES TIMES * SHONDALAND * ALMA * THRILLEST * NYLON * FORTUNE A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty-one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. The subsequent evolution in her thinking about our culture’s commodification of women is the subject of this book. My Body is a profoundly personal exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power, of men's treatment of women and women's rationalizations for accepting that treatment. These essays chronicle moments from Ratajkowski’s life while investigating the culture’s fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession with and contempt for women’s sexuality, the perverse dynamics of the fashion and film industries, and the gray area between consent and abuse. Nuanced, fierce, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a writer brimming with courage and intelligence.

Book Black Morocco

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  • Author : Chouki El Hamel
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2014-02-27
  • ISBN : 1139620045
  • Pages : 534 pages

Download or read book Black Morocco written by Chouki El Hamel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam chronicles the experiences, identity and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Chouki El Hamel argues that we cannot rely solely on Islamic ideology as the key to explain social relations and particularly the history of black slavery in the Muslim world, for this viewpoint yields an inaccurate historical record of the people, institutions and social practices of slavery in Northwest Africa. El Hamel focuses on black Moroccans' collective experience beginning with their enslavement to serve as the loyal army of the Sultan Isma'il. By the time the Sultan died in 1727, they had become a political force, making and unmaking rulers well into the nineteenth century. The emphasis on the political history of the black army is augmented by a close examination of the continuity of black Moroccan identity through the musical and cultural practices of the Gnawa.

Book Excerpta Indonesica

Download or read book Excerpta Indonesica written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Traditionalism and the Ascendancy of the Malay Ruling Class in Colonial Malaya

Download or read book Traditionalism and the Ascendancy of the Malay Ruling Class in Colonial Malaya written by Donna J. Amoroso and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionalism and the Ascendancy of the Malay Ruling Class in Colonial Malaya, In this original and perceptive study Donna J. Amoroso argues that the Malay elites' preeminent position after the Second World War had much to do with how British colonialism reshaped old idioms and rituals - helping to (re)invent a tradition. In doing so she illuminates the ways that traditionalism reordered the Malay political world, the nature of the state and the political economy of leadership. In the postwar era, traditionalism began to play a new role: it became a weapon which the Malay aristocracy employed to resist British plans for a Malayan Union and to neutralise the challenge coming from groups representing a more radical, democratic perspective and even hijacking their themes. Leading this conservative struggle was Dato Onn bin Jaafar, who not only successfully helped shape Malay opposition to the Malayan Union but was also instrumental in the creation of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) that eventually came to personify an 'acceptable Malay nationalism'. Traditionalism and the Ascendancy of the Malay Ruling Class in Colonial Malaya is an important contribution to the history of colonial Malaya and, more generally, to the history of ideas in late colonial societies. Book jacket.

Book Sharp Times

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  • Author : Goenawan Mohamad
  • Publisher : Tempo Publishing
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9799065658
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book Sharp Times written by Goenawan Mohamad and published by Tempo Publishing. This book was released on with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kumpulan esai Goenawan Mohamad di rubrik Catatan Pinggir majalah TEMPO antara 2002-2011, diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris oleh Jennifer Lindsay. Bahasa yang digunakan Goenawan, kata Lindsay, sangat kaya metafora. Terdiri dari 106 kolom yang dimulai dari esai di majalah TEMPO 6 Oktober 2002, Patriotism, sampai Catatan Pinggir berjudul Cities di majalah TEMPO edisi 5 Juli 2011, dalam buku setebal 440 halaman

Book Radicals

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  • Author : Syed Aljunied
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2015-05-29
  • ISBN : 1609091825
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Radicals written by Syed Aljunied and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radicals tells the story of a group of radical Malay men and women from ordinary social backgrounds who chose to oppose foreign rule of their homeland, knowing full well that by embarking on this path of resistance, they would risk imprisonment or death. Their ranks included teachers, journalists, intellectuals, housewives, peasants, preachers, and youths. They formed, led, and contributed to the founding of political parties, grassroots organizations, unions, newspapers, periodicals, and schools that spread their ideas across the country in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when colonialism was at its height and evident in all areas of life in their country. But when their efforts to uproot foreign dominance faltered in the face of the sanctions the state imposed upon them, some of these radicals chose to take up arms, while others engaged in aggressive protests and acts of civil disobedience to uphold their rights. While some died fighting and hundreds were incarcerated, many lived to resist colonialism until their country attained its independence in August 1957, all of these Malay radicals were devoted to becoming free men and women and to claiming their right to be treated as equals in a world riddled with prejudice and contradictions. Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied's innovative study brings to light the less charted and unanalyzed terrain of the radical experience—becoming and being radical. He argues that the experiences and histories of radicals in colonial Malaya can be elucidated in a more nuanced way by interrogating them alongside evolving local and global circumstances and by analyzing them through the lenses of a set of overarching and interconnected mobilizing concepts—a set of ideas, visions, and notions that the radicals used to reason and justify their advent—that were internalized, lived, and utilized in the course of their activism. These mobilizing concepts were their weapons and armor, employed to organize, strategize, protect, and consolidate themselves when menaced by the tentacles of the colonial state as they embarked upon the agonizing path towards independence. Those interested in Malaysian history, colonial history, radical movements, and resistance groups will enjoy this fascinating study.

Book Directing Herbert White

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  • Author : James Franco
  • Publisher : House of Anansi
  • Release : 2014-04-11
  • ISBN : 1770894586
  • Pages : 88 pages

Download or read book Directing Herbert White written by James Franco and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut poetry collection by the actor, director, and writer James Franco I’m a nocturnal creature, And I’m here to cheat time. You can see time and exhaustion Taking pay from my face— In fifty years My sleep will be death, I’ll go like the rest, But I’ll have played All the games and all the roles. —from “Nocturnal” “There’s never been a book quite like this. Hollywood — fame, celebrity, the promise of becoming an artist — is the beast at its center. Franco knows it like Melville knows whaling. Hollywood in this book devours its young. Obsessed with myths about its own past, it can be survived only by finding a vantage point that is not Hollywood. Bold yet subtle, fearless yet disarming, Franco has made a book you will never forget.” — Frank Bidart, winner of the Bollingen Prize in American Poetry “A star-studded cast moves like ghosts across the screen of James Franco’s poetic consciousness, imbuing the writing with scenes of icons who are also humans replete with sorrow and presence in our own psyches. James Dean, Monica Vitti, Catherine Deneuve, Sal Mineo, Heath Ledger, pass and fade. The author has a wonderful self-reflexive insouciance about his own fame and roles inhabited, from Hart Crane to Allen Ginsberg to Harvey Milk’s lover. Franco is a gifted contemporary Renaissance kind of guy, surveying the waterfront of illusion, suffering, and impermanance. We leave the movie theater a little wiser.” — Anne Waldman, poet, editor, scholar, and cultural/political activist

Book Choosing Homes  Choosing Schools

Download or read book Choosing Homes Choosing Schools written by Annette Lareau and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of policy shifts over the past decade promises to change how Americans decide where to send their children to school. In theory, the boom in standardized test scores and charter schools will allow parents to evaluate their assigned neighborhood school, or move in search of a better option. But what kind of data do parents actually use while choosing schools? Are there differences among suburban and urban families? How do parents’ choices influence school and residential segregation in America? Choosing Homes, Choosing Schools presents a breakthrough analysis of the new era of school choice, and what it portends for American neighborhoods. The distinguished contributors to Choosing Homes, Choosing Schools investigate the complex relationship between education, neighborhood social networks, and larger patterns of inequality. Paul Jargowsky reviews recent trends in segregation by race and class. His analysis shows that segregation between blacks and whites has declined since 1970, but remains extremely high. Moreover, white families with children are less likely than childless whites to live in neighborhoods with more minority residents. In her chapter, Annette Lareau draws on interviews with parents in three suburban neighborhoods to analyze school-choice decisions. Surprisingly, she finds that middle- and upper-class parents do not rely on active research, such as school tours or test scores. Instead, most simply trust advice from friends and other people in their network. Their decision-making process was largely informal and passive. Eliot Weinginer complements this research when he draws from his data on urban parents. He finds that these families worry endlessly about the selection of a school, and that parents of all backgrounds actively consider alternatives, including charter schools. Middle- and upper-class parents relied more on federally mandated report cards, district websites, and online forums, while working-class parents use network contacts to gain information on school quality. Little previous research has explored what role school concerns play in the preferences of white and minority parents for particular neighborhoods. Featuring innovative work from more than a dozen scholars, Choosing Homes, Choosing Schools adroitly addresses this gap and provides a firmer understanding of how Americans choose where to live and send their children to school.

Book Indeks Majalah Malaysia

Download or read book Indeks Majalah Malaysia written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book ASAI News

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book ASAI News written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: