Muslim Burmat’s novel Permainan Laut (“Play at Sea”) (2008) explores the social undercurrents of a fishing village located in the Brunei Bay in the period just after independence. Cultural nuances are examined via representations of the female subject prescribed within the Malay language and a national culture which produces the harmonious, yet regulated, lives of gendered citizens in the sovereign Islamic nation. As a tightly-knit nation, Brunei Darussalam ascribes to the model of melayu jati (“malay identity”), which inscribes family values strengthened by the national philosophy. In this way, women’s cultural subservience and auxiliary role underscore their conformity with the “MIB” (Malay Islamic Monarchy) ethos undergirding the national polity. With Islamic patriarchal rules, women also understand that their distinctive roles are defined by social taboos regulated within the gender binary. Furthermore, the monarch’s celebrated rhetoric of himself as the “caring father” informs the family unit, where women serve under their male leaders. This paper discusses negotiations with local language, beliefs, and customs at the arrival of, and enacted by, a tourist-cum-resident woman. In her interaction with local women and eventual marriage to a local man, she assimilates into dominant Malay culture, but also discovers a lacuna that signals an aporia in the outsider-cum-insider’s impasse of Malay identity. Keywords

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在文莱达鲁萨兰国的马来西亚妇女

穆斯林Burmat的小说《 Permainan Laut（海上玩耍）》（2008年）探讨了独立后那个时期位于文莱湾的渔村的社会暗流。通过对马来语中规定的女性主题的表示和民族文化的细微差别进行检查，该民族文化在主权伊斯兰国家中产生了和谐但受规范的性别公民的生活。作为一个紧密相连的国家，文莱达鲁萨兰国将之归因于melayu jati模式（“马来西亚身份”），该模式刻画了受民族哲学强化的家庭价值观。通过这种方式，妇女的文化自觉和辅助作用凸显了她们与支持民族政治的“ MIB”（马来伊斯兰君主制）精神的契合。根据伊斯兰的父权制，妇女还了解到，她们的独特作用是由性别二元调节中的社会禁忌所定义的。此外，君主以“有爱心的父亲”为荣的自言自语告诉家庭部门，妇女在男性领导下任职。本文讨论了一名旅游兼居民妇女抵达时制定的具有当地语言，信仰和习俗的谈判。在与当地妇女互动并最终与当地男人结婚的过程中，她同化了马来人的主导文化，但同时发现了一个薄弱环节，标志着局外人和局内人对马来人身份僵局的迷惑。关键词 本文讨论了一名旅游兼居民妇女抵达时制定的具有当地语言，信仰和习俗的谈判。在与当地妇女互动并最终与当地男人结婚的过程中，她同化了马来人的主导文化，但同时发现了一个薄弱环节，标志着局外人和局内人对马来人身份僵局的迷惑。关键词 本文讨论了一名旅游兼居民妇女抵达时制定的具有当地语言，信仰和习俗的谈判。在与当地妇女互动并最终与当地男人结婚的过程中，她同化了马来人的主导文化，但同时发现了一个薄弱环节，标志着局外人和局内人对马来人身份僵局的迷惑。关键词