BETWEEN DESIRE AND HOPE: ETHNIC RELATIONS AND THE NOTION OF BANGSA MALAYSIA IN GADOH
BETWEEN DESIRE AND HOPE: ETHNIC RELATIONS AND THE NOTION OF BANGSA MALAYSIA IN GADOH
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欲望与希望之间：GADOH 中的民族关系与马来西亚邦萨 (Bangsa Malaysia) 概念
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2011
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M. Ahmad
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本文的目的是探讨《Gadoh》（战斗）中种族关系的表现，这是一部由马来西亚两位激进电影制片人联合执导的电影。从本质上讲，这部电影重新审视了马来西亚邦的理念，将这一理念呈现为可以实现的目标；事实上，正如叙事所证明的那样，这部电影所呈现的马来西亚种族平等关系的希望不仅是一个人的想象，而且是一个可以实现的目标。然而，当《马来西亚人民》的希望毫无疑问地被加多的叙述所接受时，问题就出现了。在这方面，本文认为，虽然对种族平等抱有希望并在该国年轻人的心中播下这一想法至关重要，但影片的叙述忽略了种族主义不仅仅是一种话语这一棘手的现实。这是马来西亚各行各业都面临的一种意识形态，而消除种族主义需要在更大的社会背景下进行大规模的结构性变革。鉴于马来西亚日益权威的政治文化，这对一部电影来说是一项艰巨的任务。
The objective of this paper is to examine the representation of ethnic relations in Gadoh (fighting), a film jointly directed by two activist filmmakers in Malaysia. Essentially, this film revisits the idea of Bangsa Malaysia, rendering this notion as something that is attainable; indeed, as evidenced from the narrative, the film presents the hope for equal ethnic relations in Malaysia as not just a figment of one's imagination but also an achievable goal. However, problems arise when the hope for Bangsa Malaysia is adopted unquestionably by the narrative of Gadoh. In this regard, this paper argues that while it is crucial to have hope for ethnic equality, and to sow this idea in the minds of the youth of the country, the film's narrative ignores the prickly reality that racism is not simply a discourse. It is an ideology that confronts Malaysians from all walks of life, and to eradicate racism requires a wholesale structural change in the larger context of society. Given the increasingly authoritative political culture in Malaysia, this is a tall order for a film.