"A provocative and creative effort to make sense of [an ethnic Malay identity that becomes increasingly to be defined in terms of an increasingly monolithic Islam], Hoffstaedter’s account is well worth reading.
"A provocative and creative effort to make sense of [an ethnic Malay identity that becomes increasingly to be defined in terms of an increasingly monolithic Islam], Hoffstaedter’s account is well worth reading.
Hoffstaedter has a real knack for succint, readable theoretical overview, for instance on the ways in which identities are developed, sustained, transformed, and performed.
…an important, bold book."