Thinking through Malaysia : culture and identity in the 21st century

From ethnicity to music, religion to parenthood, sexuality to blogging, and more besides, Thinking Through Malaysia presents new examinations into some of the most interesting building blocks of a complex country. Founded on original research, the authors of these twelve stimulating chapters provide insights into key developments, and give us important new perspectives on aspects of culture and society about which sometimes much is said while – until now – too little is known. For those seeking fresh angles and new thinking on Malaysia, Thinking Through Malaysia is a rich resource. Chapter 1 ■ Locating ‘Mixed’ Identities in a Racialized Society Caryn Lim 11 Chapter 2 ■ Redefining ‘Malayness’: Expectations of Young-Adult Malaysian Muslims Dahlia Martin 31 Chapter 3 ■ Power, Agency and the Tithe Cheah Wui Jia 51 Chapter 4 ■ Negotiating the Liberties and Boundaries of Malaysian Online Christian Expression: Case Studies Tan Meng Yoe 67 Chapter 5 ■ From All-Blogs to Blog House Malaysia: SoPo Blogging, Journalism, and Politics in Malaysia Julian Hopkins 83 Chapter 6 ■ Examining the Exploitation of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Malaysia: Gender and National Policy Factors Nadiah Ahmad 109 vi Thinking Through Malaysia Chapter 7 ■ Solving (Some of) Shirley Lim’s Life’s Mysteries Theresa Holtby 125 Chapter 8 ■ Asian Third Culture Kids: Growing Up in Malaysia Abeer Yusuf and Batul Mohsinali 141 Chapter 9 ■ Parenting: Some Selected Narratives of Mothers Ng Siow San 153 Chapter 10 ■ The Homosexual Threat: Appraising Masculinities and Men’s Sexualities in Malaysia Joseph Goh 167 Chapter 11 ■ Malaysian Rocks: An Introduction to the Contemporary Malaysian Extreme Music Underground, 2010-2011 Marco Ferrarese 187 Chapter 12 ■ Chinese Independent Music: Resisting and Negotiating with the Popular in Malaysia Liew Shao Yi 205 Locating mixed identities in a racialized society / Caryn Lim Redefining Malayness / Dahlia Martin Power, agency, and the tithe / Cheah Wui Jia Negotiating the liberties and boundaries of Malaysian online Christian expression / Tang Meng Yoe From all-blogs to blog house Malaysia / Julian Hopkins Examining the exploitation of Indonesian domestic workers in Malaysia / Nadiah Ahmad Solving (some of) Shirley Lim's life's mysteries / Theresa Holtby Asian third culture kids, growing up in Malaysia / Abeer Yusuf and Batul Mohsinali Parenting, some selected narratives of mothers / Ng Siow San The homosexual threat, appraising masculinities and men's sexualities in Malaysia / Joseph Goh Malaysian rocks / Marco Ferrarese Chinese independent music, resisting and negotiating with the popular in Malaysia / Liew Shao Yi.