"Most contemporary anthropologists have used poststructural, postmodern, and symbolic/interpretive understandings of identity and religion to theorise these topics. This book, the product of the author’s multi-sited ethnographic research in Malaysia, is a thoughtful and timely contribution to this theoretical trajectory.
"Most contemporary anthropologists have used poststructural, postmodern, and symbolic/interpretive understandings of identity and religion to theorise these topics. This book, the product of the author’s multi-sited ethnographic research in Malaysia, is a thoughtful and timely contribution to this theoretical trajectory.
It offers new perspectives on the ‘social contract’ between Malays and non-Malays, the roles of nongovernmental organisations, the dynamics of Muslim agency and hegemony, and the potential for cosmopolitan dismantling of Malay and Muslim supremacy."