Race, ethnicity, and the state in Malaysia and Singapore / edited by Lian Kwen Fee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lian, Kwen Fee, 1950-

Series:

Social sciences in Asia ; v. 7.

Social sciences in Asia, 1567-2794 ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Malaysia.

Ethnicity.

Ethnicity--Singapore.

Malaysia--Ethnic relations.

Malaysia.

Malaysia--Race relations.

Singapore--Ethnic relations.

Singapore.

Singapore--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication brings together the work of several writers in documenting and understanding the consequences of state-formation on ethnicity in Malaysia and Singapore, thirty years after the two nations went their separate paths.

Contents:

No longer "Other" : the emergence of the Eurasian community in Singapore / Alexius A. Pereira

Names as sites of identity construction, negotiation, and resistance : signifying Orang Asli in postcolonial Malaysia / Alice M. Nah

Growing up Malay in Singapore / Joseph Stimpfl

The Chinese in contemporary Malaysia / Tong Chee Kiong

The political and economic marginalization of Tamils in Malaysia / Lian Kwen Fee

Constructing and contesting "Singaporean Hinduism" / Vineeta Sinha

Chinese and Malays in Singapore : incomes, education and employment, 1954-1995 / Lee Kiat Jin

Post-independence educational change, identity and Huaxiaosheng intellectuals in Singapore : a case study of Chinese language teachers / Sai Siew Yee

Race and racialization in Malaysia and Singapore/ Lian Kwen Fee.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39869-1

9786611398699

90-474-0946-9

OCLC:

568279530