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Asianism and the Politics of Regional Consciousness in Singapore

Asianism and the Politics of Regional Consciousness in Singapore

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415821487
ISBN13: 9780415821483
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 29 2013
Pages: 246
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Responding to the challenges Singapore faces in coming to terms with its Asian identity, this book examines the complex cultural, social, and political underpinnings that have shaped Singapore's mainstream discourse in Asia. Indeed, it argues that its legacy as a colonial port city, the exigencies of managing the post-independence nation state, and the larger forces of imperialism and capitalism all contribute to its politics of Asianism. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, that spans history, cultural studies, postcolonialism, and cultural geography, Leong Yew reveals how Asia has been used to narrate Singapore's beginnings, revalidate Singaporean ethnic culture and to consolidate its practices of consumption and commodification.

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