A much-cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook, one of the world authorities in
sociolinguistics, The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language explores the …

In Epic of the Dispossessed, Robert D. Hamner offers an insightful, well-researched analysis
of Omeros, the masterful epic poem by 1992 Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. Rich and …

Cultures of decolonisation combines studies of visual, literary and material cultures in order
to explore the complexities of the 'end of empire'as a process. Where other accounts focus …

In Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, Benedict
Anderson makes the point that 'nation-ness is the most universally legitimate value in the …

Abstract [Edwin Thumboo] has come to represent the formative phase in Singapore's history,
as the poet laureate of Singapore's growth into nationhood. His poems give poetic …

Few countries can be said to have their literary development forcibly redirected in its course
by politics, as Singaporean literature was by the separation of Singapore from Malaysia on 9 …

In June 2000, the British entertainment company Altitude introduced one of the first of a now
growing number of the multiplayer online game universes. Altitude's universe enabled …

What exactly is a colonial legacy? Simple examples can be produced, the most salient being
the way the political territory of many colonial states have mapped irrationally onto the …

In January 1964, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew undertook a whirlwind tour of independent
African states in order to win support for his new country, Malaysia, which had incorporated …

The title of this article stems from a comment made by Devan Nair, a Malaysian/Singaporean
politician who served as the third President of Singapore, 1 in his parliamentary speech on …