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Museums, history and culture in Malaysia : Abu Talib Ahmad.

Author(s): Abu Talib Ahmad

Museums, history and culture in Malaysia : Abu Talib Ahmad.
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Main Title
Museums, history and culture in Malaysia
Author(s)
Abu Talib Ahmad
Publisher
Singapore : NUS Press, 2015.
Collation
xiii, 328 p. : ill. (some col.), maps
23 cm.
ISBN
9789971698195
Dewey Class
069.509595
Contents
Map : Locations of selected museums in Malaysia --
Introduction. The National Museum, 1963-2007 ; The National Museum after 2007 ; Museums in Malaysia ; The Study --
Chapter 1 Pre-Melaka Period: Contested History, Contested Heritage. The Animistic Past: Lenggong Valley Archaeology Gallery ; Kota Kayang Museum and Prehistoric Cave Dwellers ; Lembah Bujang Archaeology Museum and Hindu-Buddhist Heritage ; The Archaeology Gallery ; Other Pre-Melaka Entities: Neglected and Marginalized ; Museums and Islamization: Penang Islamic Museum ; Kelantan Islamic Museum: Creating an Islamic Tradition ; Islamization: The Inconclusive Debates ; Persistence of Non-Islamic Elements in Malay Society ; Conclusion --
Chapter 2 Melaka History And Heritage In Museums. Perzim, the Melaka Museum Corporation ; Feudal Values and Malay Culture in the Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum ; Melaka History and Ethnography Museum and Multicultural Melaka ; Melaka Islamic Museum: The Entrenchment of Islam on the Malay Peninsula ; The Maritime Museum: Malays as Traders ; Museums and the Underside of Melaka History ; Malay Dominance and Melaka Museums ; Conclusion --
Chapter 3 Museums And The Japanese Occupation. Japan in National Museums: From Villainous to Respectable ; Museumizing the Occupation: The Bank Kerapu Second World War Museum ; Commercial Museumizing: The Penang War Museum ; Museums and the Political Impact of the Occupation ; Japanese Brutality and Social Life during 1941-45 ; Commemorating Heroism within and outside Museums ; Museums, Race Relations and Japanese Policy on Islam ; Conclusion --
Chapter 4 Memorials And Towering Personalities In Malaysian History. Memorials for National Leaders ; Tunku Abdul Rahman: "Father of Independence" and "Father of Malaysia" ; Tun Abdul Razak: "Father of Development" ; P. Ramlee: Icon of the Post-war Film and Music Industry ; Conclusion --
Chapter 5 Provincial Museums And Culture. National Culture Policy and Museums' Representation of Culture ; Kedah and Kelantan Museums: Cultural Malayness in the Malay Heartland ; Marriage Ceremonies ; Weapons ; Popular Pastimes, Entertainment and Music ; Tepak Sireh ; Competing Museums and Competing Heritage ; Royal Museums and Galleries and Nation Building ; Conclusion --
Conclusion -- Glossary of Malay and Other Terms.
Language
English
Subject
Museums -- Malaysia
Museum exhibits -- Malaysia
BRN
6334
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