{"product_id":"raffles-renounced","title":"Raffles Renounced","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eedited by\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Alfian Sa’at, Faris Joraimi, Sai Siew Min\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? What does Merdeka mean for Singaporeans? And what are the possibilities of doing decolonial history in Singapore? \u003cem\u003eRaffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History\u003c\/em\u003e presents essays by historians, literary scholars and artists which grapple with these questions. The volume also reproduces some of the source material used in the play Merdeka \/ 獨立 \/ சுதந்திரம் (Wild Rice, 2019). Taken together, the book shows how the contradictions of independent nationhood haunt Singaporeans' collective and personal stories about Merdeka. It points to the need for a Merdeka history: an open and fearless culture of historical reckoning that not only untangles us from colonial narratives, but proposes emancipatory possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 978-981-14-2038-2 (paperback) | 978-981-14-9023-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (e-book)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: January 2021\u003cbr\u003eDimension: 150mm x 220mm  \u003cbr\u003eExtent: 280\u003cbr\u003eFinish: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ethos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39382030417975,"sku":"","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1066\/2066\/products\/image_03cae9a8-9e0a-425f-bc08-e33bbaf011ac.jpg?v=1623845094","url":"https:\/\/www.independentmarket.mom\/products\/raffles-renounced","provider":"Independent Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}