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Malaysia - In the Center of Authority: The Malay Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. By Hendrik M.J. Maier. Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1988. Pp. 210. Notes, Bibliography.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Noriah Taslim
Noriah Taslim
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 246 - 248
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1990

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1 By Offsetdrukkerij Kanters B.V., Alblasserdam.

2 Said, Edward W., Orientalism (New York: Vintage Books, 1979), p. 5Google Scholar.

3 See, for example, the paper by Salleh, Muhammad Hj., “Jalan di Seberang Simpang — Arah Pengajian Sastera Melayu Tradisional”, presented for the International Symposium on Traditional Malay Literature held atUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysiain 1982Google Scholar.

4 See Hussein, Ismail, The Study of Traditional Malay Literature (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1974)Google Scholar.

5 For example, Teeuw, A., “Some Remarks on the Study of so-called Historical Texts in Indonesian Languages” (a paper presented at the Fifth Conference of the International Association of Historians of Asia atYogyakarta)Google Scholar; Sweeney, Amin, Authors and Audiences in Traditional Malay Society (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980)Google Scholar; and Johns, A.H., “The Turning Image: Myth and Reality in Malay Perceptions of the Past”, in Reid, A. and Marr, D. (eds.), Perceptions of the Past in Southeast Asia (Singapore: Heinemann, 1979)Google Scholar.

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10 Cf. the analysis of P.E. Josselin de Jong of Hang Tuah in his article “The Rise and Decline of a National Hero”, Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society 38, II (1966)Google Scholar.