Goh, Robbie B. H.,  1964- <br/><br/>
Contours of culture :  space and social difference in Singapore / 
Robbie B.H. Goh. 
 - Hong Kong :  Hong Kong University Press  2005. 
 - viii, 261 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9622097316 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology, Urban--Singapore.<br/>Pluralism (Social sciences)--Singapore.<br/>Multiculturalism--Singapore.<br/>Globalization--Social aspects--Singapore.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Singapore--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.76  / GOH