Bidasari Jewel of Malay Muslim Culture

The sly wit and silky eroticism of the verse genre known as romantic syair were staple dishes on the Southeast Asian cultural menu, especially in the Malay Islamic regional centres. This book conveys the seductive qualities of the sexiest of the romantic syair, the "Poem of Bidasari." This book provides a transliteration into Roman characters of one of the surviving Malay manuscripts of the poem, a translation of that manuscript into English, and an inquiry into the poem's strengths.Millie, Julian is the author of 'Bidasari Jewel of Malay Muslim Culture', published 2005 under ISBN 9789067182249 and ISBN 9067182249.