| ID | 110042 |
| Title Proper | Sacred cows and crashing boars |
| Other Title Information | ethno-religious minorities and the politics of online representation in Malaysia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Leong, Susan |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Starting with the incident now known as the cow's head protest, this article traces and unpacks the events, techniques, and conditions surrounding the representation of ethno-religious minorities in Malaysia. The author suggests that the Malaysian Indians' struggle to correct the dominant reading of their community as an impoverished and humbled underclass is a disruption of the dominant cultural order in Malaysia. The struggle is also among the key events to have set in motion a set of dynamics-the visual turn-introduced by new media into the politics of ethno-communal representation in Malaysia. Believing that this situation requires urgent examination the author attempts to outline the problematics of the task. |
| `In' analytical Note | Critical Asian Studies Vol. 44, No.1; Mar 2012: p.31-56 |
| Journal Source | Critical Asian Studies Vol. 44, No.1; Mar 2012: p.31-56 |
| Key Words | Malaysia ; Ethno - Religious Minorities ; Ethno - Communal Representation ; Politics ; Indian |