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Laddar... Consumption of Kuala Lumpurav Ziauddin Sardar
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. An interesting look at the political and cultural history that created Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, from a foreign perspective. The book begins from Malaysia's "official" starting point in history, Parameswara's Malacca and continues till the late 90s, in the midst of one of Malaysia's most tumultuous political era ever: Anwar Ibrahim's ousting. The latter is where the book flounders. The history was interesting because the perspective that the author gave was a different take from the official Malaysian version, but when it comes to current issues, it's a been-there-done-that kind of deal. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large, a city that, within the short span of a decade, has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving, diverse and affluent cultural life. Using anecdotes, classic Malay myths and tales, and observations based on real and imaginary wanderings through the city, Ziauddin Sardar traces Kuala Lumpur's origins and charts the remarkable changes experienced by the city and its people, including both the recent economic crisis and the vicious power struggle between Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his ex-Deputy Anwar Ibrahim. Sardar shows how a collision of cultures (Malay, Chinese, Indian, indigenous, Western) has developed and re-emerged in the form of a new synthesis, inducing both a degree of disorientation and a unique sense of energy and excitement. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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