Southeast Asian culture and heritage in a globalising world diverging identities in a dynamic region /

• Other Authors: Ismail, Rahil., Shaw, Brian J., Ooi, Giok Ling.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2009.
• Series: Heritage, culture, and identity.
• Subjects: Ethnology > Southeast Asia.; Globalization > Southeast Asia.; Ethnology.; Globalization.; HISTORY.; Southeast Asia > Civilization.; Electronic books.
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Illustrated by a series of international case studies, this book provides an interdisciplinary cover view of heritage, culture and identity in this dynamic region and demonstrates how the forces of 'post-colonialism' in their various manifestations are accelerating social change and creati...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region; 2 'Di waktu petang di Geylang Serai' Geylang Serai: Maintaining Identity in a Globalised World; 3 Paradise Lost? Islands, Global Tourism and Heritage Erasure in Malaysia and Singapore; 4 'Being Rooted and Living Globally': Singapore's Educational Reformas Post-developmental Governance; 5 Morphogenesis and Hybridity of Southeast Asian Coastal Cities; 6 Nation-building, Identity and War Commemoration Spaces in Malaysia and Singapore.