Race, Religion, Royalty in Malaysia

This edited volume conducts linguistic and literary analyses of the discourse involving race, religion and royalty (3R) in Malaysia. Grounded in Discourse Studies, it reveals the language features and strategies that articulate the vitality of 3R in historical and contemporary texts in English and Malay. The chapters employ language-based approaches to generate empirical explanations on 3R in multiple contexts. This volume is of interest to scholars, advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in Language, Linguistics and Literature to understand the discursive contours of race, religion and royalty in Asia.

1 Introduction (Kumaran Rajandran & Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil). - 2 Race, Religion and Royalty (3R): Permanent Features of Malaysian Society (James Chin). - 3 Race, Religion and Royalty in COVID-19 Anti-Vaccine Telegram Posts (Mohd Nazriq Noor Ahmad, Noor Aqsa Nabila Mat Isa & Sheena Kaur). - 4 Racial and Religious Threatoric in TikTok during the 15th General Elections (Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil). - 5 Theosemiotics and the Discourse of the Malaysian Islamic Party (Kumaran Rajandran). - 6 French Missionaries, Malay Rulers, and the Pioneer Moments of Interfaith Dialogues in Nineteenth-century Malaya (Shanthini Pillai). - 7 The Crackhouse Comedy Club Incident: Unearthing Group Affiliations on Interactional Orderliness and Disorderliness (David Yoong). - 8 Positioning Race and Religion in Sabah: Insights from Scholarly Discourse (Daron Benjamin Loo). - 9 Unveiling Sarawakians Perspectives on Race, Religion and Royalty: A Thematic-Ideological Discourse Analysis (Collin Jerome). - 10 Rulers Titles and Salutations: A Critical Discourse Analysis of State Assembly Opening Speeches (Farrah Diebaa Rashid Ali). - 11 Dehijabbing and Identity Reconstruction: Self and Other among Malay Muslim Women (Natrah Noor & Kesumawati Abu Bakar).