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Notions of "home"

Associate Professor Shanthini Pillai, National University of Malaysia (UKM)

29-Aug-13 15:00

Notions of "home"

How do we, the people of this country construct the concept of home? How does this differ across communities? And how do Malaysians abroad view home? Associate Professor Shanthini Pillai draws on her background in literature to explain more.


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Tags:  imaginary homelands,  imagined communities,  salman rushdie,  benedict anderson,  merdeka,  malaysia day,  Culture


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