Abstract
Prominent Malay novelists present Islam as a folk model that structures modern Malay peasant views of the Malaysian political system. Pious Muslim characters in these novels are symbols of the political potential of Islam; the novels themselves reflect a rejection, by many Malays, of democratic models of society that restrict religion to the personal sphere. Islamic resurgence is not solely an expression of social conflict. [Malay culture, Islam, Islamic revival, education, religion] 1990 American Anthropological Association
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 531-548 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | American Ethnologist |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1990 |
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