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Becoming Global Asia: Contemporary Genres of Postcolonial Capitalism in Singapore Volume 1

Becoming Global Asia: Contemporary Genres of Postcolonial Capitalism in Singapore Volume 1

Naruse, Cheryl Narumi

Paperback

Series: Transpacific Studies

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesSoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 0520396669
ISBN13: 9780520396661
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Oct 24 2023
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

Becoming Global Asia centers Singapore as a crucial site for comprehending the uneven effects of colonialism and capitalism. In the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Singapore initiated socioeconomic policies and branding campaigns to transform its reputation from a culturally sterile and punitive nation to Global Asia--an alluring location ideal for economic flourishing. Rather than evaluating the efficacy of state policy, Cheryl Narumi Naruse analyzes how Singapore gained cultural capital and soft power from its anglophonic legibility. By examining genres such as literary anthologies, demographic compilations, coming-of-career narratives, and princess fantasies, Naruse reveals how, as Global Asia, Singapore has emerged as simultaneously a site of imperial desire, a celebrated postcolonial model nation, and an alibi for the continued subjugation of the so-called Third World. Her readings of Global Asia as a formation of postcolonial capitalism offer new conceptual paradigms for understanding postcolonialism, neoliberalism, and empire.

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