Race, Religion, Royalty in Malaysia - (Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse) by Kumaran Rajandran & Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This edited volume conducts linguistic and literary analyses of the discourse involving race, religion and royalty (3R) in Malaysia. Grounded in Discourse Studies, it reveals the language features and strategies that articulate the vitality of 3R in historical and contemporary texts in English and Malay. The chapters employ language-based approaches to generate empirical explanations on 3R in multiple contexts. This volume is of interest to scholars, advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in Language, Linguistics and Literature to understand the discursive contours of race, religion and royalty in Asia.

From the Back Cover

"This excellent collection of essays provides us with the contemporary authority-defined and everyday-defined articulations expressed in various platforms. It is a must read for students, researchers and scholars of Malaysian studies and the discipline of politics in general."

-Distinguished Professor Datuk Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin FASc, Founding Director, Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

"Responding to socio-political changes in Malaysia, the editors bring together a fascinating collection of discourse-analytical studies investigating previously publicly taboo topics: race, religion and royalty. Through analyses of a variety of texts- from plays to podcasts- approached from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives within discourse studies, the volume provides a comprehensive and stimulating treatment of an otherwise understudied context: 3R discourses in Malaysia."

- Christopher Hart, Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK

This edited volume conducts linguistic and literary analyses of the discourse involving race, religion and royalty (3R) in Malaysia. Grounded in Discourse Studies, it reveals the language features and strategies that articulate the vitality of 3R in historical and contemporary texts in English and Malay. The chapters employ language-based approaches to generate empirical explanations on 3R in multiple contexts. This volume is of interest to scholars, advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in Language, Linguistics and Literature to understand the discursive contours of race, religion and royalty in Asia.

Kumaran Rajandran is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research involves the multimodal study of various discourses in English, Malay and Spanish, exploring the articulation of identity and ideology in contemporary societies.

Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil is an Assistant Professor at AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. Her research centres on how language constructs and deconstructs narratives of race, racism, marginalisation, and hate speech.

About the Author

Kumaran Rajandran is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research involves the multimodal study of various discourses in English, Malay and Spanish, exploring the articulation of identity and ideology in contemporary societies.

Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil is an Assistant Professor at AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. Her research centres on how language constructs and deconstructs narratives of race, racism, marginalisation, and hate speech.