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Race and multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore : edited by Daniel P.S. Goh, Matilda Gabrielpillai, Philip Holden and Gaik Cheng Khoo

Author(s): Gabrielpillai, Matilda | Goh, Daniel P.S.

Race and multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore : edited by Daniel P.S. Goh, Matilda Gabrielpillai, Philip Holden and Gaik Cheng Khoo
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Main Title
Race and multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore
Author(s)
Goh, Daniel P.S.
Gabrielpillai, Matilda
Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2009
Collation
xiii, 240 p. : ill.
24 cm.
Series Title
Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
ISBN
9780415625401
Dewey Class
305.89
Contents
Introduction: Postcoloniality, Race and Multiculturalism / Daniel P.S. Goh and Philip Holden --
Part I: Postcolony and Cosmopolis. 1. A literary history of race: reading Singapore literature in English in an historical frame / Philip Holden -- 2. Malaysian history textbooks and the discourse of ketuanan Melayu / Helen Ting -- 3. Eyes turned towards china: postcolonial mimicry, transcultural elitism and Singapore chineseness / Daniel P.S. Goh -- 4. Pick and mix for a global city: race and cosmopolitanism in Singapore / Angelia Poon -- 5. Makkal Sakti: The Hindraf Effect, Race and Postcolonial Democracy in Malaysia / Vijay Devadas --
Part II: Representing Race, Performing Multiculturalism. 6. Reading the films of independent filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad: cosmopolitanism, Sufi Islam and Malay subjectivity / Gaik Cheng Khoo -- 7. Racial stereotypes in Singapore films: Commercial value and critical possibilities / Kenneth Paul Tan -- 8. The Singapore Indian woman: a symptom in the quest for Chinese Identity / Matilda Gabrielpillai -- 9. Deghettoizing subcultures: the multicultural evolution of Mat Rock in Singapore / Kelly Fu and Liew Kai Khuin -- 10. Bhangra and the reconstruction of 'Punjabi-ness' in Multiracial Singapore / Charanpal S. Bal -- 11. The art of race: rethinking Malaysian identity through the art of Wong Hoy Cheong / Michelle Antoinette -- Conclusion: Toward a critical multiculturalism / Daniel P.S. Goh.
Language
English
Subject
Malaysia -- Race relations
Singapore -- Race relations
BRN
5293
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