This book documents Malaysian women’s writing in English from 1940s-1990s in which with team ranging from national identity, female space, female voices, conflict of tradition and modernity, impact of globalization on Malaysian women. The book is co-edited with M Qayyum to fill in the vacuum on Malaysian women’s writing in English before and after Malaysian Independence as part of literary history of Malaysian literature in English. It would be vey helpful to researchers and scholars alike who are working on Malaysian literature in English or those who wish to understand better Malaysian politics and sociological make-up.
Publisher: IIUM Press ISBN: 983-9727-83-4
Publication Year: 2003
Format/Pages/Dimensions : 450 pages/31 cm x 22 cm x 3 cm
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""Strong in feminism voice in English literature" "A call for life-writings in Malaysia" "
‘Has able to address the issue of marginalizing Malaysian women’s literature in English. The authors write against the patriarchal dominance in Malaysian Literature in English (MLE)’ ‘A comeback that calls for life-writings in Malaysia, not only about public figures, in relation to Malaysia’s evolving status as a nation’
Kavita Ganesan University Malaysia Sabah Nature in contemporary Malaysian life-writings in English, Journal of Postcolonial Writing
"Bravely written to voice out about feminism"
‘(the book) manages to reveal the that the Malaysian women writers explore diverse issues to reflect not only their female experiences/voices but also the conflicts of the world they live in’
Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Noraini Md Yusof, Raihanah M. M. and Imran Ho-Abdullah, Literary Realities of Malaysian Women: Views from Malaysian Women Short Story Writers Writing in English, School of Language Studies and Linguistics Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
"Delicately written on Che Husna Azhari’s writing"
‘(The book) includes a brief discussion on Che’ Husna Azhari’s style of writing’
Norzie Diana bt Baharum, Criticism on Che Husna Azhari, IIUM (2007)
http://aliaandrh.blogspot.com/2014/02/featured-writers-in-world-literature.html