“Being and Becoming: Of Femininities in the Malay World Through 50 Images” is an online exhibition of archival photographs, postcards and illustrations from the mid-1800s to the 1950s, examining ideas of Malay womanhood through the lens of social class, place, race and empire. We review the exhibition.

Image Source: Arkib Negara Malaysia | Being & Becoming

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories:  visual arts,  History/Heritage,  culture

Tags:  online exhibition,  archives,  photography,  visual art,  history,  malay world,  feminism,