The discursive construction of Southeast Asia in 19th century colonial-capitalist discourse /
Discursive construction of Southeast Asia in nineteenth century colonial-capitalist discourse
Farish A. Noor.
- 256 pages ; 23 cm.
- Asian history ; 1. .
- Asian history ; 1. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Booking Southeast Asia : and so it begins, with a nightmare -- The new language : game of modern colonial capitalism -- Raffles' Java as museum -- Dressing the cannibal : John Anderson's Sumatra as market -- Brooke, Keppel, Mundy and Marryat's Borneo as'The Den of Pirates' -- Crawford's Burma as the torpid'Land of Tyranny' -- Bricolage, power and how a region was discursively constructed.