K.S. Maniam’s Bestiary: Reading Animality and Identity in Selected Stories 

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  • Agnes S. K. Yeow a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:20:"University of Malaya";}

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol58no2.12

Abstract

This essay scrutinises K. S. Maniam’s fictional animals by going beyond the confines of metaphor to interrogate the concept of animality and how animality impinges on diasporic identity. I examine the writer’s impulse to animalise the notion of national belonging especially though the strategic deployment of the animal mask. I argue that Maniam’s critique of animality suggests that migrant and animal lives are interlinked and informs his re-envisioning of the diasporic self.

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Published

15-12-2021

How to Cite

Yeow, A. S. K. (2021). K.S. Maniam’s Bestiary: Reading Animality and Identity in Selected Stories . SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English, 58(2), 171–188. https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol58no2.12

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2021): SOUTHEAST ASIAN REVIEW OF ENGLISH (2021)

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GENERAL SECTION

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