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Turen Går Til Malaysia og Singapore dækker Sabah og Sarawak på Borneo, Den Malaysiske Halvø med hovedstaden Kuala Lumpur og østaten Singapore. Fuldkommen stilhed ved Layang Layangs koralrev. Heftig trafik mellem Kuala Lumpurs skyskrabere. Fordybelse i Melakas templer. Kaos på markedet i Kota Bharu. En Singapore Sling på Raffles Hotel eller trekking gennem Tiomans regnskov. Singapore og Malaysia er asiatisk fusion i konstant vekslen mellem hektisk og afslappet.

Der åbner sig en anderledes og mystisk verden, da kontakten i 1800-tallet bliver tættere mellem Europa og Sydøstasien. Efterretninger om hovedjagt og kraniekult, ikke mindst på Borneo, er et af tidens drabelige temaer.Vestlige eventyrere, opdagelsesrejsende, handelsfolk, missionærer og kolonisatorer møder mennesker med ritualer, hvis eksistens de ikke havde drømt om. Hjemme venter forskere og politikere på nyt fra de fjerne egne. I de lærdes studerekamre bliver de klogere, mens andre trygt sidder i deres lænestol og får sig et godt gys: Tænk engang, de indfødte hugger hovederne af hinanden i drabelige overraskelsesangreb, og med festivitas fragter de trofæerne tilbage til deres boliger, hvor kranier monteres under tagryggen!Mikael Rothstein har fordybet sig i de gamle kilder og fulgt hovedjagtens spor frem til i dag. Kulten for kranierne virker grotesk, men ad overraskende veje, via tæppevævning, en kvækkende frø, turisme, korrupte politikere, ægteskab og stanken af råddent menneskekød, finder forfatteren en dybere mening.For at forstå fænomenet må man sætte sig ind i en fremmed tankegang.Næsehornsfuglen skriger – det er tid til høst!

Den unge englænder Jean Paget var krigsfange i Sydøstasien under Anden Verdenskrig. Da hun efter krigen arver en betydelig sum penge, beslutter hun at bruge en del af dem på at bygge en brønd til kvinderne i den landsby, hvor hun tilbragte en stor del af krigen. Hendes rejse ender i Australien på jagt efter soldaten Joe Harman, som hun troede var død af den straf, han fik for at hjælpe hende og hendes medfanger med at holde sig i live.Mødet med Australien bliver også mødet med den primitive by Willstown i den australske outback, og her bliver Jean et friskt pust, der snart får forandringens vinde til at røre på sig.idden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlNevil Shute (1899-1960) var en britisk forfatter og flyingeniør. En del af hans romaner handler om tiden under og efter Anden Verdenskrig og er præget af troen på et kommende stærkt Commonwealth. Nevil Shute levede de sidste ti år af sit liv i Australien.

"This practical travel guide to Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things to see and do will make it a perfect companion both, ahead of your trip and on the ground. This Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei guide book is packed full of details on how to get there and around, pre-departure information and top time-saving tips, including a visual list of things not to miss. Our colour-coded maps make Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei easier to navigate while you're there. This guide book to Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei has been fully updated post-COVID-19 and it comes with a free eBook. " --

Vi prioriterer rejser af længere varighed, og til destinationer fjernere end tidligere. "Backpacking for begyndere" fortæller om en families første rygsækrejse - en rejse i ukendt land. 2 voksne og 2 børn som prøver kræfter med en verden der ligger og venter. Bogen tager dig med på 9 ugers rejse med interessante fortællinger, oplevelser og informationer, som kan inspirere dig til at tage det næste skridt og søge ud i den store fantastiske verden. Læseren får indsigt i, hvor let det er at komme af sted, samt hvad man skal have med i såvel den fysiske som den mentale rygsæk. Samtidig giver denne rejsedagbog stof til eftertanke, og rejser spørgsmål om blandt andet vores egne indre begrænsninger, misundelse, prioriteringer, og vort syn på verden omkring os.

Efter oprydning blandt gamle familiebreve, billeder og dagbøger debuterer den 84-årige Kirsten Mehlsen med denne samling erindrings glimt. Det er en rejsebeskrivelse fra bedsteforældrenes sørejse til Java i 1912, forældrenes pionerliv i Midtjylland i 1920'erne og 50 år frem, samt egne oplevelser gennem et langt og broget liv, fra opvækst i Danmark til giftermål i Malaysia og 25 år i Kenyas urolige tid før, under og efter den lokale befolknings kamp for selvstændighed. Bogen er krydret med muntre indslag om golf, spejdere og rejser.

Maveskind er en sårbar coming of age-historie om transkønnethed, venskab og den første store kærlighed.Tom møder Ming til en dragfest, mens de begge læser på universitetet. De bliver hurtigt kærester, men langsomt starter en forskydning i deres forhold. Ming ændrer sig lidt efter lidt, og det bliver tydeligt, at han ikke føler sig hjemme i sin egen krop og gerne vil skifte køn. Mings transition lægger et stort pres på deres forhold, og åbner op for en række spørgsmål omkring, hvorvidt det er værd at miste en del af sig selv for at blive den man gerne vil være.Maveskind sætter fokus på transkønnethed og med sin kærlige tilgang til spørgsmålet, giver den et tættere og mere autentisk billede af, hvad det vil sige, ikke at føle sig hjemme i sin krop. Hvad det vil sige at skifte køn, selvom det betyder, at man må miste meget af det, man havde før.

14th edition August 2019. Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Admire Kuala Lumpur from the glittering Petronas Towers, climb the Telaga Tujuh waterfalls in Langkawi, or glide through the water village of Kampung Ayer; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - outdoor adventures, cuisine, history, culture, politics, religion, arts, media, environment Over 90 maps Covers Bandar Seri Begawan, Tutong, Jalan Labi, Seria, Kuala Belait, Temburong District, Bangar, Pulau Selirong, Batang Duri, Peradayan Forest Reserve, Ulu Temburong National Park and more.

"Journey to chef Junda Khoo's homeland of Malaysia and showcases the unique cuisine through 100 staple recipes from street food classics to homestyle cooking with soul. Starting with simple, budget-friendly meals to make in 15 minutes, Khoo shows us how to make all the classic Malaysian dishes from hawker and street food classics like poached, juicy Hainan chicken and crimson bowls of curry laksa, to home-style recipes, like deep-fried, curried chicken and snacky loh bak (five spice pork rolls) and more. But it's not just the classics that we discover in this book, Khoo introduces us to nourishing homecooked Malaysian dishes which aren't commonly served in eateries outside of Malaysia. Think lotus roots steeped in a pork bone broth and fried bee hoon, a smoky, umami vermicelli noodle dish. The recipes in this book are made up of dishes Khoo serves at Ho Jiak Town Hall, a hatted-venue named as one of Australia's best restaurants by Gourmet Traveler, as well as food from the streets of Malaysia and recipes Khoo makes for his children, which were passed down to him from his beloved amah (grandmother). Khoo has no culinary training, but his food has so much heart that he now owns one of the best restaurants in Australia. Ho Jiak, translating to 'good eats', is Khoo's modern interpretation of Malaysian cuisine that is steeped in tradition and full of heart."--

In Volume 3 of Penang Chronicles, as the 18th century draws to a close, Penang must fortify and prepare for war, and Francis Light's partner, Martinha Rozells, learns to negotiate the murky waters of colonial prejudice and corruption for the sake of her family.

Many countries in Asia are inhabited by multi-segment societies diversified in terms of race, religion, language and economic status. They have repeatedly provided the basis for analysis of the search for consensus in the construction of a political scene that would ensure the participation in power of each group. Regardless of the chosen model, the distribution of power in multi-segment societies has always been characterized by a state of "unstable equilibrium". Practical solutions constantly evolved between consociationalism, centripetalism, federalism. In extreme cases they led to political disintegration of states or to permanent domination of one of the segments, most often based on authoritarian solutions. In this volume, a group of scholars specializing in countries of the region try to point out the dynamics of the "unstable equilibrium" of power sharing in particular Asian countries and analyze the trends occurring in them in the 21st century.

This book argues that the prevailing view of colonialism - that it was a negative and destructive phenomenon - needs to be rethought. It focuses on the experiences of the South Indian working class, large numbers of which came to Malaya in the early years of the twentieth century, emigrating from socially, economically, and environmentally inhospitable south India. It examines the opportunities which colonialism presented for these people, highlighting also the British approach to colonialism in Malaya, an approach which emphasised conservativism and tradition, and which protected the interests of the Malay aristocrat classes and, by extension, the Malay masses in order to compensate for European economic dominance and the influx of a non-Malay labour force. Overall, the book demonstrates that the South Indians, a class whose identity, social existence, and prospects were inextricably linked to imperial processes, benefitted from colonialism, and should be viewed as an active transnational entity within a constructive system, rather than as passive victims of repressive, destructive forces.

Soulful Driving in MalaysiaDass CURVES eine Leidenschaft für Südostasien pflegt, hat schon die Thailand-Ausgabe verraten. Mit dieser limitierten Sonderausgabe geht es für Stefan Bogner nun nach Malaysia. Tauchen Sie ein in den bunten Strudel des Lebens, die Vielfalt und Exotik der Kulturen Südostasiens, die Freundlichkeit der Menschen, das Essen und die Landschaften. Wer aber dachte, dass dieses Land nur aus wunderschönen Stränden, turbulenten Städten und dichtem Dschungel besteht, muss sich eines Besseren belehren lassen: Auf den Inseln und Halbinseln zwischen Indischem Ozean und Pazifischem Ozean kann man ganz ausgezeichnet Auto fahren! Kurvige Straßen führen bis hinauf in die Gebirge des Landesinneren oder palmenbesäumt entlang der Küsten, wirbeln als wenig befahrene und häufig gut ausgebaute Fahrspaß-Jäger durchs Land. - Routenvorschläge für kleinere und größere Trips- Tipps zu Restaurants und Unterkünften auf der Strecke- Inkl. Karte zur Planung Ihres eigenen Roadtrips und für unterwegsSchnallen Sie sich also fest, öffnen Sie alle Sinne, starten Sie die Motoren. Kommen Sie mit auf atemberaubende Touren zwischen Ostküste und Westküste. - Hinein in eine Welt aus saftigem Grün, triefnassem Urwald, fremden Kulturen, Abenteuern und Erlebnissen. Soulful Driving in Malaysia.

Irreverent, witty and wise, But the Girl is a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your family behind'Impressive... Yu remakes the art of writing itself'GUARDIAN'A wonderful new novel for a metamodern world'BRANDON TAYLOR, author of The Late AmericansGirl was born on the very day her parents and grandmother immigrated from Malaysia to Australia. The story goes that her mother held on tight to her pelvic muscles in an effort to gift her the privilege of an Australian passport. But it's hard to be the embodiment of all your family's hopes and dreams, especially in a country that's hostile to your very existence.When Girl receives a scholarship to travel to the UK, she is finally free for the first time. In London and then Scotland she is meant to be working on a PhD on Sylvia Plath and writing a postcolonial novel. But Girl can't stop thinking about her upbringing and the stories of the people who raised her. How can she reconcile their expectations with her reality? Did Sylvia Plath have this problem? What even is a 'postcolonial novel'? And what if the story of becoming yourself is not about carving out a new identity, but learning to understand the people who made you who you are?

This book examines queer activism and queer social movements (QSMs) in Indonesia and Malaysia, broadly engaging with these topics on three different levels: macro (global and national discourses), meso (organizational level - activities), and micro (individual - the activist). The micro level perspective allows for moving beyond the "e;traditional"e; political movement paradigm by understanding activism in Foucauldian terms as the ethics of the self (Foucault, 1984). In other words, the queer subject is seen as an active agent in taking care of the self by queering/resisting gender norms as well as heteronormative practices and regimes in their social environment through embodiment and actions. This kind of ethical being has the potential to build support and community between and amongst individuals.

This book seeks to break new ground, both empirically and conceptually, in examining discourses of identity formation and the agency of critical social practices in Malaysia. Taking an inclusive cultural studies perspective, it questions the ideological narrative of 'race' and 'ethnicity' that dominates explanations of conflicts and cleavages in the Malaysian context. The contributions are organised in three broad themes. 'Identities in Contestation: Borders, Complexities and Hybridities' takes a range of empirical studies-literary translation, religion, gender, ethnicity, indigeneity and sexual orientation-to break down preconceived notions of fixed identities. This then opens up an examination of 'Identities and Movements: Agency and Alternative Discourses', in which contributors deal with counter-hegemonic social movements-of anti-racism, young people, environmentalism and independent publishing-that explicitly seek to open up greater critical, democratic space within the Malaysian polity. The third section, 'Identities and Narratives: Culture and the Media', then provides a close textual reading of some exemplars of new cultural and media practices found in oral testimonies, popular music, film, radio programming and storytelling who have consciously created bodies of work that question the dominant national narrative. This book is a valuable interdisciplinary work for advanced students and researchers interested in representations of identity and nationhood in Malaysia, and for those with wider interests in the fields of critical cultural studies and discourse analysis."e;Here is a fresh, startling book to aid the task of unbinding the straitjackets of 'Malay', 'Chinese' and 'Indian', with which colonialism bound Malaysia's plural inheritance, and on which the postcolonial state continues to rely. In it, a panoply of unlikely identities-Bajau liminality, Kelabit philosophy, Islamic feminism, refugee hybridity and more-finds expression and offers hope for liberation"e;. Rachel Leow, University of Cambridge"e;This book shakes the foundations of race thinking in Malaysian studies by expanding the range of cases, perspectives and outcomes of identity. It offers students of Malaysia an examination of identity and agency that is expansive, critical and engaging, and its interdisciplinary depth brings Malaysian studies into conversation with scholarship across the world"e;.Sumit Mandal, University of Nottingham Malaysia"e;This is a much-needed work that helps us to take apart the colonial inherited categories of race which informed the notion of the plural society, the idea of plurality without multiculturalism. It complicates the picture of identity by bringing in religion, gender, indigeneity and sexual orientation, and helps us to imagine what a truly multiculturalist Malaysia might look like"e;.Syed Farid Alatas, National University of Singapore

This book represents the latest research on urban forestry in a Malaysian context. It demonstrates that urban forestry is concerned not only with environmental enhancement, but also other aspects, such as recreation, health and well-being, and government policies. This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of urban forestry studies from various researchers in Malaysia, and includes rich historical perspectives of urban forestry in the country. It also tackles related issues in policy. The greening of urban Malaysia in the 1970s focused primarily on beautification and was primarily the province of horticulturists, landscapers, nursery workers, town planners, and architects, with negligible inputs from foresters, particularly urban foresters. Perhaps for that reason, the term "e;landscaping"e; has been used more widely than "e;urban forestry"e; by government and private institutions, politicians, stakeholders, academicians, and the public. Nevertheless, the authors show that the concept of urban forestry is not new for developing countries such as Malaysia, where urbanization is increasing at a rapid rate. The book unpacks this demographic shift from a predominantly rural to a principally urban society. As the only unified body of work on urban forestry and arboricultural studies in Malaysia, this volume presents an important interdisciplinary reference for students, researchers, and scholars in physical geography, forestry and urban forestry, arboriculture and landscape architecture, both in Malaysia, and in other developing urbanizing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia. It is also an important resource for those working in environmental policy and practice, excavating the vital connection between the environment and well-being.

Age of Emergency examines how metropolitan Britons understood colonial violence in the two decades after V-E Day when "small wars" raged on the frontiers of empire in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus.

This edited volume examines the historical development of Chinese-medium schools from the British colonial era to recent decades of divergent development after the 1965 separation of Singapore and Malaysia. Educational institutions have been a crucial state apparatus in shaping the cultural identity and ideology of ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia. This volume applies various perspectives from education theory to heritage studies in dealing with the cultural legacy and memory of such schools as situated in larger contexts of society.The book offers comprehensive practice-based analysis and reflection about the complex relationships between language acquisition, identity construction, and state formation from socio-political-cultural perspectives. It covers a broad range of aspects from identities of culture, gender, and religion, to the roles played by the state and the community in various aspects of education such as textbooks, cultural activities, and adult education, as well as the representation of culture in Chinese schools through cultural memory and literature.The readership includes academics, students and members of the public interested in the history and society of the Chinese diaspora, especially in South East Asia. This also appeals to scholars interested in a bilingual or multilingual outlook in education as well as diasporic studies.

Islamism in Indonesia and Malaysia has undergone a fascinating transformation from social movement roots to mainstream politics. How did this take place, and to what ends? Drawing on social movement theories, this Element explains this transformation by focusing on key Islamic social movements in these two countries. It argues: first, that the popularity and appeal of Islamism in Indonesia and Malaysia cannot be understood without appreciating how these social movements have enabled and facilitated mobilization; and second, that it is precisely these roots in civil societal mobilization that account for the enduring influence of Islamist politics evident in how Islamic social movements have shaped and transformed the political landscape. These arguments will be developed by unpacking how Islamist ideas took root in social movement settings, the kinds of institutional and organizational structures through which these ideas were advanced, and the changing political landscape that facilitated these processes.

"The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different identities today! Singapore and Malaysia sit astride the sea lanes linking East with West--vital choke points in the world's commerce. Since ancient times, ports along the Silk Road of the Sea were populated by peoples from around the globe who came here to trade and live, carried by the steady flow of goods and the ever-present monsoon winds. Author Christopher Hale recounts many fascinating histories of this region, including: The ancient international trade in spices and the seven voyages to the southern seas of the Chinese eunuch Admiral Zheng He in the 15th century The rise of Islamic kingdoms along rivers bordering the Straits of Malacca and the conquest of Malacca, one of the world's largest cities, by a few hundred Portuguese marauders in 1511 The saga of Sir Stamford Raffles, credited with founding Singapore, and the development of tin mines and vast rubber and oil palm plantations on the Malay Peninsula The disastrous fall of "Fortress Singapore" to the Japanese in World War II after only three weeks of fighting, the worst British military defeat in history The wildly successful film Crazy Rich Asians, set in Singapore, the highest grossing romantic comedy of the decade A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia tells these and many other compelling stories about the people and events which have shaped these nations as they developed into modern powerhouses of international trade and tourism"--

Through a close textual analysis of hitherto overlooked Malay Islamic manuscripts, Teren Sevea reveals the economic, environmental and religious significance of Islamic miracle workers (pawangs) across the Indian Ocean world and on the frontier of the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth century.