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Race and multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore / edited by Daniel P.S. Goh ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Goh Pei Siong, Daniel.
Series: Routledge Malaysian studies series: 8.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, c2009Description: xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780415482257 (hbk.); 9780203878170 (ebk.); 0415482259 (hbk.); 0203878175 (ebk.).Subject(s): Cultural pluralism -- Malaysia | Cultural pluralism -- Singapore | Multiculturalism -- Malaysia | Multiculturalism -- Singapore | Malaysia -- Race relations | Singapore -- Race relationsDDC classification: 305.89009595
Contents:
Postcoloniality, race and multiculturalism / Daniel P.S. Goh and Philip Holden -- A literary history of race : reading Singapore literature in English in an historical frame / Philip Holden -- Malaysian history textbooks and the discourse of ketuanan Melayu / Helen Ting -- Eyes turned towards China : postcolonial mimicry, transcultural elitism and Singapore Chineseness / Daniel P.S. Goh -- Pick and mix for a global city : race and cosmopolitanism in Singapore / Angelia Poon -- Makkal Sakti : The Hindraf effect, race and postcolonial democracy in Malaysia / Vijay Devadas -- Reading the films of independent filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad : cosmopolitanism, Sufi Islam and Malay subjectivity / Gaik Cheng Khoo -- Racial stereotypes in Singapore films : commercial value and critical possibilities / Kenneth Paul Tan -- The Singapore Indian woman : a symptom in the quest for Chinese identity / Matilda Gabrielpillai -- Deghettoizing subcultures : the multicultural evolution of mat rock in Singapore / Kelly Fu Su Yin and Liew Kai Khiun -- Bhangra and the reconstruction of 'Punjabi-ness' in multiracial Singapore / Charanpal S. Bal -- The art of race : rethinking Malaysian identity through the art of Wong Hoy Cheong / Michelle Antoinette -- Toward a critical multiculturalism / Daniel P.S. Goh.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-235) and index.

(Introduction) Postcoloniality, race and multiculturalism / Daniel P.S. Goh and Philip Holden -- A literary history of race : reading Singapore literature in English in an historical frame / Philip Holden -- Malaysian history textbooks and the discourse of ketuanan Melayu / Helen Ting -- Eyes turned towards China : postcolonial mimicry, transcultural elitism and Singapore Chineseness / Daniel P.S. Goh -- Pick and mix for a global city : race and cosmopolitanism in Singapore / Angelia Poon -- Makkal Sakti : The Hindraf effect, race and postcolonial democracy in Malaysia / Vijay Devadas -- Reading the films of independent filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad : cosmopolitanism, Sufi Islam and Malay subjectivity / Gaik Cheng Khoo -- Racial stereotypes in Singapore films : commercial value and critical possibilities / Kenneth Paul Tan -- The Singapore Indian woman : a symptom in the quest for Chinese identity / Matilda Gabrielpillai -- Deghettoizing subcultures : the multicultural evolution of mat rock in Singapore / Kelly Fu Su Yin and Liew Kai Khiun -- Bhangra and the reconstruction of 'Punjabi-ness' in multiracial Singapore / Charanpal S. Bal -- 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.