{"product_id":"rafflesrenouncedtowardsamerdekahistory","title":"Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfian Sa’at, Faris Joraimi, Sai Siew Min (editors)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 280 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9789811420382\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? What does Merdeka mean for Singaporeans? And what are the possibilities of doing decolonial history in Singapore? Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History presents essays by historians, literary scholars and artists which grapple with these questions. The volume also reproduces some of the source material used in the play Merdeka \/ 獨立 \/ சுதந்திரம் (Wild Rice, 2019). Taken together, the book shows how the contradictions of independent nationhood haunt Singaporeans' collective and personal stories about Merdeka. It points to the need for a Merdeka history: an open and fearless culture of historical reckoning that not only untangles us from colonial narratives, but proposes emancipatory possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors: Alfian Sa’at • Neo Hai Bin • Hong Lysa • Huang Jianli • Sai Siew Min • Faris Joraimi • Azhar Ibrahim • Nicholas Lua • Jimmy Ong • Joanne Leow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. \"We refuse to recognise the trauma\": A Conversation between Alfian Sa'at and Neo Hai Bin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. \"Merdeka!\": From cacophony to the sound of silence - Hong Lysa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Stamford Raffles and the Founding of Singapore: The Politics of Commemoration and Dilemmas of History - Huang Jianli\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. The Bicentennial: Of Precedents, Prequels and the Discipline of History in Singapore - Hong Lysa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Why Raffles is Still Standing: Colonialism, Migration and Singapore's Scripting of the Present - Sai Siew Min\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Finding Merdeka in a World of Statues: Singapore's Colonial Pageant Remade and Unmade - Faris Joraimi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Malay Literary Intelligentsia and Colonialism: A Stunted Discourse - Azhar Ibrahim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Opening the Bicentennial: Historical Plurality in Sean Cham's Art - Nicholas Lua\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. \"Giving up an attachment to power\": An interview with Jimmy Ong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11: \"Theatre doesn't change anything\": Merdeka and the Performance of the Singapore Bicentennial - Joanne Leow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Merdeka Texts\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ethos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33023636045859,"sku":"9789811420382","price":32.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/LM103848.jpg?v=1612065283","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/rafflesrenouncedtowardsamerdekahistory","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}