The Search for the ‘Origins’ of Melayu

2001/10/01 by Léonard Y. Andaya · 8 citations
Social Sciences · #Asian Studies and History #Education and Islamic Studies #Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies

paper · doi:10.1017/s0022463401000169

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Abstract

Based on linguistic, archaeological, and historical evidence, this essay describes the environment that produced the culture associated with the ‘Melayu’, or the Malays. It also argues that Melayu ethnicity was never predetermined but was contested on both sides of the Straits of Melaka.

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