The Gift of Rain : re-imagining masculinity, ethnicity, and identity in Malaysia

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dc.contributor.advisorLee, Julia H.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHarlow, Barbaraen
dc.creatorMenon, Sheela Janeen
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-09T18:22:25Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:28:58Z
dc.date.available2015-11-09T18:22:25Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:28:58Z
dc.date.issued2013-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2013en
dc.date.updated2015-11-09T18:22:25Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractTan Twan Eng's debut novel, "The Gift of Rain" (2007), explores issues of allegiance and belonging through a conflicted figure of mixed heritage -- Philip Hutton. Set during the Japanese Occupation of Malaya during World War II, the novel looks back to this period as an unstable cornerstone from which to imagine and re-imagine ethnic, national, and gender identity in Malaysia. Yet, the vision that Tan offers is itself riddled with inconsistencies. The multi-ethnic identity that the novel celebrates is contingent upon systems of power, particularly those associated with patriarchy, British imperialism, and Chinese heritage. I argue that The Gift of Rain opens up a space within which to question narratives of nationhood and loyalty, ethnicity and culture, masculinity and femininity, suggesting that identity remains conflicted and conditional, emerging and developing amidst constant change.en
dc.description.departmentEnglishen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2VH00en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/32326en
dc.subjectMalaysiaen
dc.subjectNationen
dc.subjectRaceen
dc.subjectEthnicityen
dc.subjectIdentityen
dc.subjectMasculinityen
dc.subjectTan Twan Engen
dc.subjectGift of Rainen
dc.titleThe Gift of Rain : re-imagining masculinity, ethnicity, and identity in Malaysiaen
dc.typeThesisen

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