Sexual Identities Of The Malay Male In Karim Raslan’s Go East And Neighbours
Jerome, Collin, (2008) Sexual Identities Of The Malay Male In Karim Raslan’s Go East And Neighbours. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 8 (1). pp. 35-40. ISSN 1675-8021 Official URL: http://www.fpbahasa.ukm.my/linguistics/Gema/page35_46.pdf AffiliationsUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak AbstractThis paper explores the construction o sexual identities of fictional Malay men in Karim Raslan’s short stories Go East and Neighbours. It begins with a discussion on the complexity and fluidity of male sexuality and how it is mediated through the absence and presence of homosexuality, men’s articulation of sexuality in the public and private realms and men’s fear and insecurity in developing intimate relationship with each other. The paper then presents a brief overview of the depictions of male sexuality in Malaysian literature in English, which is followed by discussions on the absence and presence of homosexuality in Go East and the transgression of male sexuality in Neighbours. The paper concludes that fictional Malay men in Karim Raslan’s short narratives not only transgress the concept of male sexuality but also the socio-cultural and religious norms and boundaries, offering alternative insights into mainstream ideas about sexuality and sexual identity in the contemporary Malaysian society. | Item Type: | Journal |
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| Additional Information: | Collin Jerome is a lecturer at the Centre for Language Studies, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. His research interests include gender and sexuality in language, literature and the media. He is currently involved in a funded research project called “Gender Bias in Classroom Talk: An Examination on Language Use and Its Effects on the Learning Environment” (DG/05(08)/637/2006(68)). |
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| Keywords: | Male sexuality, homosexuality, gay male sexuality, transgenderism, Men in literature |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature L Education |
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| ID Code: | 1706 |
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