Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Reclaiming Adat 3
7. Malay Myth and Changing Attitudes towards Nationalism: The Hang Tuah/Hang Jebat Debate 22
8. DissemiNation of Malay/sia 56
9. Malay/sian Films: Cinema of Denial 83
10. Representations of the Modern Malay Woman of the 1990s 125
11. What Is It to Be a Man? Violence in the Time of Modernity 158
12. Appendix A: Cultural Representations of Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat 207
13. Appendix B: Primary Filmography 209
14. Appendix C: Secondary Filmography 213
15. Notes 218
16. References 237
17. Index 247