Farish A. Noor 1967-

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.

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Southeast Asia--Historiography.