Overview
- Presents a pioneering study of Englishized subjectivity in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysian writings
- Provides a new perspective on the rise of Southeast Asian Englishes
- Offers an in-depth exploration of cultural hybridity in Southeast Asian Englishes
- Includes cases of bilingual creativity and new uses of English in Southeast Asian writings
- Examines English in new ownerships of Southeast Asia
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Book Title: The Englishized Subject
Book Subtitle: Postcolonial Writings in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia
Authors: Kwok-kan Tam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2520-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2519-9Published: 18 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2520-5Published: 08 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 154
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Linguistic Anthropology, Development and Post-Colonialism, History of Southeast Asia, Social History