Mohd. Mokhtar-Ritchie, Hanita (2011) Negotiating melodrama and the Malay woman: female representation and the melodramatic mode in Malaysian-Malay films from the early 1990s-2009. PhD thesis http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3340/ Copyright and moral rights for this thesis are retained by the author A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the Author The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the Author When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given Glasgow Theses Service http://theses.gla.ac.uk/
[email protected] NEGOTIATING MELODRAMA AND THE MALAY WOMAN: Female Representation and the Melodramatic Mode in Malaysian-Malay Films from the Early 1990s - 2009 By HANITA MOHD. MOKHTAR-RITCHIE Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES SCHOOL OF CULTURE AND CREATIVE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW SEPTEMBER 2011 Copyright © Hanita Mohd. Mokhtar-Ritchie, 30th September 2011 ii ABSTRACT Melodrama does not only point to a type of aesthetic practice but also to a way of viewing the world. This thesis is inspired by the idea proposed by Christine Gledhill (1988) that at the core of cultural negotiation in melodrama is gender representation which is the cultural product resulting from the linking of textual and social subjects.