Introduction

Authors

  • Sharmani Patricia Gabriel, University of Malaya, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v10i1.752

Abstract

I am honoured to be a part of this issue of Asiatic and writing the Introduction to this section of four essays, which were originally presented as papers at the colloquium on “Journeys of/toward Identity†convened on 15 October 2015 by the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. Professor Mohammad A. Quayum delivered Colloquium 2015’s opening keynote address. The articles that appear here have been specifically selected and revised for publication in Asiatic. They also help situate and (re)historicise a theoretically abstracted concept like “identity.â€

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Author Biography

Sharmani Patricia Gabriel, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Sharmani Patricia Gabriel is Professor and Head of the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya. She teaches primarily in the field of postcolonial literary and cultural studies, with particular interests in theories and representations of diaspora, transnational writings and contemporary Malaysian literature.

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Published

2016-06-15

How to Cite

Gabriel, University of Malaya, Malaysia, S. P. (2016). Introduction. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 10(1), 184–186. https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v10i1.752

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016): June

Section

Section II: Articles on Journeys of/toward Identity

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