Please respond to both of the following two (2) questions (minimum 250 words). 1) Why does Farish Noor compare historical records that might appear contradictory in the way that they boastfully acknowledge OR erase colonial violence in Southeast Asia? 2
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DON'T MENTION THE CORPSES: THE ERASURE OF VIOLENCE IN
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History may be written by the victors, but what they conveniently leave out can be more telling. Farish Noor reminds us of the violent side of
colonial conquest.
"All conquest literature seeks to explain to the conquerors 'why we are here'."1
- Robert Bartlett, The Making of Europe (1993)
G The court of the Sultan of Borneo, with the audience chamber filled with natives, all well dressed and armed. The sultan
