Author: Mohamad Rashidi Pakri, Simon Peter Hull, Elizabeth Joanny Openg
Publisher: Penerbit USM
ISBN: 9674615369
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Taking its cue from feminist-postcolonial studies of women’s writing in the colonial era, this book testifies to the great diversity of such writing. However, it uniquely does this by showing the existence of a richly varied and heterogeneous range of texts not only between man writers and woman writers, but, equally, amongst the women themselves. These are women, moreover, who are writing within the same relatively small region of South East Asia. As Agnes Keith, whose writing forms the focal point of this book, credibly surmises, Borneo remained, even towards the end of the colonial period, a dark and mysterious land to people in the West, largely populated, as they imagined, by tribes of headhunters. It was, therefore, to the lack of knowledge and curiosity of ordinary middle-class people in the West that Keith’s writing, and that of the other woman writers featured in this book, so engagingly responds.
Agnes Keith and Other Colonial Woman Writers in Borneo
Author: Mohamad Rashidi Pakri, Simon Peter Hull, Elizabeth Joanny Openg
Publisher: Penerbit USM
ISBN: 9674615369
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Taking its cue from feminist-postcolonial studies of women’s writing in the colonial era, this book testifies to the great diversity of such writing. However, it uniquely does this by showing the existence of a richly varied and heterogeneous range of texts not only between man writers and woman writers, but, equally, amongst the women themselves. These are women, moreover, who are writing within the same relatively small region of South East Asia. As Agnes Keith, whose writing forms the focal point of this book, credibly surmises, Borneo remained, even towards the end of the colonial period, a dark and mysterious land to people in the West, largely populated, as they imagined, by tribes of headhunters. It was, therefore, to the lack of knowledge and curiosity of ordinary middle-class people in the West that Keith’s writing, and that of the other woman writers featured in this book, so engagingly responds.
Publisher: Penerbit USM
ISBN: 9674615369
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Taking its cue from feminist-postcolonial studies of women’s writing in the colonial era, this book testifies to the great diversity of such writing. However, it uniquely does this by showing the existence of a richly varied and heterogeneous range of texts not only between man writers and woman writers, but, equally, amongst the women themselves. These are women, moreover, who are writing within the same relatively small region of South East Asia. As Agnes Keith, whose writing forms the focal point of this book, credibly surmises, Borneo remained, even towards the end of the colonial period, a dark and mysterious land to people in the West, largely populated, as they imagined, by tribes of headhunters. It was, therefore, to the lack of knowledge and curiosity of ordinary middle-class people in the West that Keith’s writing, and that of the other woman writers featured in this book, so engagingly responds.
Agnes Keith and Other Colonial Woman Writers in Borneo
Author: Mohamad Rashidi Pakri
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789674615352
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789674615352
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Three Came Home
Author: Agnes Newton Keith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Castle of Dreams
Author: Elise McCune
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1952533880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Growing up together in a mysterious castle in northern Queensland, Rose and Vivien Blake are very close sisters. But during the Second World War their relationship becomes strained when they each fall in love with the same dashing but enigmatic American soldier. Rose's daughter, Linda, has long sensed a secret in her mother's past, but Rose has always resisted Linda's questions, preferring to focus on the present. Years later Rose's granddaughter, Stella, also becomes fascinated by the shroud of secrecy surrounding her grandmother's life. Intent on unravelling the truth, she visits the now-ruined castle where Rose and Vivien grew up to see if she can find out more. Captivating and compelling, Castle of Dreams is about love, secrets, lies - and the perils of delving into the past...
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1952533880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Growing up together in a mysterious castle in northern Queensland, Rose and Vivien Blake are very close sisters. But during the Second World War their relationship becomes strained when they each fall in love with the same dashing but enigmatic American soldier. Rose's daughter, Linda, has long sensed a secret in her mother's past, but Rose has always resisted Linda's questions, preferring to focus on the present. Years later Rose's granddaughter, Stella, also becomes fascinated by the shroud of secrecy surrounding her grandmother's life. Intent on unravelling the truth, she visits the now-ruined castle where Rose and Vivien grew up to see if she can find out more. Captivating and compelling, Castle of Dreams is about love, secrets, lies - and the perils of delving into the past...
White Man Returns
Author: Agnes Newton Keith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789833987290
Category : British North Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789833987290
Category : British North Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Three Came Home
Author: Agnes Newton Keith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Prisoners in Paradise
Author: Theresa Kaminski
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Draws on letters & diaries of American wives, missionaries, teachers, nurses, and spies to uncover their heroic tales while captives of the Japanese during World War II.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Draws on letters & diaries of American wives, missionaries, teachers, nurses, and spies to uncover their heroic tales while captives of the Japanese during World War II.
The History of Logging in North Borneo
Author: Ross Ibbotson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789833987504
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789833987504
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Children of Allah
Author: Agnes Newton Keith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945
Author: Geoffrey Charles Emerson
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622098800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945: Life in the Japanese Civilian Camp at Stanley tells the story of the more than three thousand non-Chinese civilians: British, American, Dutch and others, who were trapped in the British colony and interned behind barbed wire in Stanley Internment Camp from 1942 to 1945. From 1970 to 1972, while researching for his MA thesis, the author interviewed twenty-three former Stanley internees. During these meetings, the internees talked about their lives in the Stanley Camp during the Japanese occupation. Long regarded as an invaluable reference and frequently consulted as a primary source on Stanley since its completion in 1973, the study is now republished with a new introduction and fresh discussions that recognize later work and information released since the original thesis was written. Additional illustrations, including a new map and photographs, as well as an up-to-date bibliography, have also been included in the book.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622098800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945: Life in the Japanese Civilian Camp at Stanley tells the story of the more than three thousand non-Chinese civilians: British, American, Dutch and others, who were trapped in the British colony and interned behind barbed wire in Stanley Internment Camp from 1942 to 1945. From 1970 to 1972, while researching for his MA thesis, the author interviewed twenty-three former Stanley internees. During these meetings, the internees talked about their lives in the Stanley Camp during the Japanese occupation. Long regarded as an invaluable reference and frequently consulted as a primary source on Stanley since its completion in 1973, the study is now republished with a new introduction and fresh discussions that recognize later work and information released since the original thesis was written. Additional illustrations, including a new map and photographs, as well as an up-to-date bibliography, have also been included in the book.