Lost Times and Untold Tales from the Malay World.
Singapore. National University of Singapore. 2008. Stock ID #127051 Inspired by the wry yet deeply scholarly perspective of Australian philologist Ian Proudfoot, the editors of "Lost Times and Untold Tales from the Malay World" bring together a distinguished group of international scholars who look at calendars and time, royal myths, colonial expeditions, printing, propaganda, theatre, art, Islamic manuscripts, erotic literature, and many other topics from wholly unexpected angles. The book demonstrates the spectacular diversity of scholarship on the Malay World, and shows that offbeat texts can produce fascinating new insights into the past. When referring to this item please quote stockid 127051.
Black and white as well as colour illustrations, xxiii + 396pp, bibliography, index, paperback.
Price: $42.95 AU