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Contours of culture : space and social difference in Singapore / Robbie B.H. Goh.

By: Publication details: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 2005.Description: viii, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9622097316
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 GOH
Contents:
Chapter 1: Chronotopia : colonial memories, landmark sites, and civic cultures in the postcolonial Asian city - 2. Ideologies of 'Upgrading' in Singapore public housing: postmodern style, globalization, and class construction - 3. Things to a void: identity politics and the poetics of communal spaces - 4. The space of race: multicultural policy and resistant discourses - 5. Private property in Singapore: the social symbolism of elitism and absence - 6. "Imaginary" space: mapping/contesting Singapore's future in a global era - Conclusion : Asian urbanism and globalization: dialogical contestations and symbolic violence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Chronotopia : colonial memories, landmark sites, and civic cultures in the postcolonial Asian city - 2. Ideologies of 'Upgrading' in Singapore public housing: postmodern style, globalization, and class construction - 3. Things to a void: identity politics and the poetics of communal spaces - 4. The space of race: multicultural policy and resistant discourses - 5. Private property in Singapore: the social symbolism of elitism and absence - 6. "Imaginary" space: mapping/contesting Singapore's future in a global era - Conclusion : Asian urbanism and globalization: dialogical contestations and symbolic violence.