Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History

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Decolonize your understanding of Singapore's history.

Recommendation: - This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complex history of Singapore. It goes beyond the usual colonial narratives and dives deep into the concept of Merdeka, exploring its meaning for Singaporeans. Through a collection of essays, it challenges the dominant historical discourse and proposes emancipatory possibilities. Get ready to decolonize your understanding of Singapore's past and gain a new perspective on its journey towards independence.

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Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History

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ISBN: 9789811420382
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2021-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, History, Politics
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Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? Why did it do so with a history dating from 1299? And what are the possibilities of doing decolonial history in Singapore? Raffles renounced: Towards a Merdeka History presents essays by historians, literary scholars and artists which grapple with these questions. The volume also reproduces some of the source material used in the play Merdeka / 獨立 / சுதந்திரம் (Wild Rice, 2019). Taken together, the book shows how the contradictions of independent nationhood haunt Singaporeans’ collective and personal stories about Merdeka. It points to the need for a Merdeka history: an open and fearless culture of historical reckoning that not only untangles us from colonial narratives, but proposes emancipatory possibilities.
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Decolonize your understanding of Singapore's history.

Recommendation: - This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complex history of Singapore. It goes beyond the usual colonial narratives and dives deep into the concept of Merdeka, exploring its meaning for Singaporeans. Through a collection of essays, it challenges the dominant historical discourse and proposes emancipatory possibilities. Get ready to decolonize your understanding of Singapore's past and gain a new perspective on its journey towards independence.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.