Melissa Shamini Perry
Biographic Data
| ID | 6879349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Shamini Perry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa Shamini |
| FAMILY NAME | Perry |
| SIGNATURE | PERRY M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8089-6596 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Food, Identity, Power and Multicultural Solidarity in Preeta Samarasan’s Tale of a Dreamer’s Son
The role of food from a sociocultural perspective is one that has been increasingly explored in cultural narratives and academic inquiry in the past few decades. In literature, food is used as a tool to evoke the senses and convey meaning about identity, culture, relationships and emotions. Food can be instrumental in shaping personal and cultural identities, community dynamics and embedding ideologies, particularly in culturally diverse societie…
Multifunctional Role of Tamil Material Catholicism
This comparative study explores the significance of Catholic material religion of the Tamils in India and Malaysia in the celebration of Our Lady of Vēlānkaṉṉi feast which involves a complex interplay of materiality, religious beliefs, and embodied practices. Employing Plate and Bruland’s understandings of material religion, and based on ethnographic study, this essay seeks to unravel the power of material objects and embodied practices to replic…
Exploring Feminist Consciousness Through Music in Eileen Chang’s Postcolonial Narratives
The characters, stories, and various issues related to female consciousness discussed in literary texts can serve as a conduit for readers to understand the complex of gender, culture, and identity in postcolonial contexts. This article explores how Chinese-American author Eileen Chang portrays the realization of female consciousness in women from post-colonial Hong Kong and Shanghai through music. Drawing upon the theories of Lucy Green and Marc…
Tan Meng Yoe, Malaysian Christians Online. Faith, Experience, and Social Engagement on the Internet
The book is situated in the field of digital religion, online communities and religious performativity in digital spaces with a focus on the Christian community in Malaysia.It captures the personal stories of Malaysians based on their lived experiences as Christians in the digital age.The author, Tan Meng Yoe, a scholar of online religion and a Malaysian Christian himself, draws from his insider knowledge to conduct an ethnographic and digital et…
Intercultural dialogue in manga
Manga as a cultural art form delves into various sociocultural issues and narratives, and the representation of diverse cultural contexts in manga has increased over the years. The role of Japanese manga as a site for intercultural understanding and engagement is worth further investigation, and research in this area is still growing. This article explores intercultural dialogue through a case study of the Japanese manga Satoko and Nada Volume 1 …
Malaysian Food Culture as a Communal Identity Marker in Shih-Li Kow’s The Sum of Our Follies
Food is deeply rooted in cultural traditions and has been a ubiquitous and prominent element in cultural productions and narratives of cultures around the world. In literature, food is often employed literally and metaphorically to evoke the senses or communicate meaning about the identity, culture, or emotions of people. This article examines the connection between food and cultural identity in multicultural Malaysia as represented in the novel,…
Semiotic Technology as Material Resonance of Postcolonial Aesthetics in Digital Children’s Picture Book Apps
Children’s literatures presently are produced widely through media production either as remediation of printed stories or originally produced in digital form. The current most sought after digitized communicative practice of the media is the digital children’s picture book app due to its multimediality and interactivity. This quality of the picture book app paves the path for an aesthetic and cultural transformative exchange. However, these digit…
Multimodal Engagement through a Transmedia Storytelling Project for Undergraduate Students
Transmedia storytelling has great potential in the field of education and research on its applications and benefits in teaching and learning is growing. This paper explores the use of transmedia storytelling as a multimodal pedagogical tool for tertiary students. This paper explicates the design and application of a transmedia storytelling project in increasing multimodal engagement for undergraduate students from various faculties. A case study …
Intercultural dialogue in manga
Manga as a cultural art form delves into various sociocultural issues and narratives, and the representation of diverse cultural contexts in manga has increased over the years. The role of Japanese manga as a site for intercultural understanding and engagement is worth further investigation, and research in this area is still growing. This article explores intercultural dialogue through a case study of the Japanese manga Satoko and Nada Volume 1 …
Multimodal Engagement through a Transmedia Storytelling Project for Undergraduate Students
Transmedia storytelling has great potential in the field of education and research on its applications and benefits in teaching and learning is growing. This paper explores the use of transmedia storytelling as a multimodal pedagogical tool for tertiary students. This paper explicates the design and application of a transmedia storytelling project in increasing multimodal engagement for undergraduate students from various faculties. A case study …
Semiotic Technology as Material Resonance of Postcolonial Aesthetics in Digital Children’s Picture Book Apps
Children’s literatures presently are produced widely through media production either as remediation of printed stories or originally produced in digital form. The current most sought after digitized communicative practice of the media is the digital children’s picture book app due to its multimediality and interactivity. This quality of the picture book app paves the path for an aesthetic and cultural transformative exchange. However, these digit…
Malaysian Food Culture as a Communal Identity Marker in Shih-Li Kow’s The Sum of Our Follies
Food is deeply rooted in cultural traditions and has been a ubiquitous and prominent element in cultural productions and narratives of cultures around the world. In literature, food is often employed literally and metaphorically to evoke the senses or communicate meaning about the identity, culture, or emotions of people. This article examines the connection between food and cultural identity in multicultural Malaysia as represented in the novel,…
Tan Meng Yoe, Malaysian Christians Online. Faith, Experience, and Social Engagement on the Internet
The book is situated in the field of digital religion, online communities and religious performativity in digital spaces with a focus on the Christian community in Malaysia.It captures the personal stories of Malaysians based on their lived experiences as Christians in the digital age.The author, Tan Meng Yoe, a scholar of online religion and a Malaysian Christian himself, draws from his insider knowledge to conduct an ethnographic and digital et…
Intercultural dialogue in manga
Manga as a cultural art form delves into various sociocultural issues and narratives, and the representation of diverse cultural contexts in manga has increased over the years. The role of Japanese manga as a site for intercultural understanding and engagement is worth further investigation, and research in this area is still growing. This article explores intercultural dialogue through a case study of the Japanese manga Satoko and Nada Volume 1 …
Multifunctional Role of Tamil Material Catholicism
This comparative study explores the significance of Catholic material religion of the Tamils in India and Malaysia in the celebration of Our Lady of Vēlānkaṉṉi feast which involves a complex interplay of materiality, religious beliefs, and embodied practices. Employing Plate and Bruland’s understandings of material religion, and based on ethnographic study, this essay seeks to unravel the power of material objects and embodied practices to replic…
Exploring Feminist Consciousness Through Music in Eileen Chang’s Postcolonial Narratives
The characters, stories, and various issues related to female consciousness discussed in literary texts can serve as a conduit for readers to understand the complex of gender, culture, and identity in postcolonial contexts. This article explores how Chinese-American author Eileen Chang portrays the realization of female consciousness in women from post-colonial Hong Kong and Shanghai through music. Drawing upon the theories of Lucy Green and Marc…
Food, Identity, Power and Multicultural Solidarity in Preeta Samarasan’s Tale of a Dreamer’s Son
The role of food from a sociocultural perspective is one that has been increasingly explored in cultural narratives and academic inquiry in the past few decades. In literature, food is used as a tool to evoke the senses and convey meaning about identity, culture, relationships and emotions. Food can be instrumental in shaping personal and cultural identities, community dynamics and embedding ideologies, particularly in culturally diverse societie…
Art (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Aesthetics (7 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)