Asianism and the Politics of Regional Consciousness in Singapore

ISBN-13: 9781138579194 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 246 str.

Leong Yew

Opis

Responding to the challenges Singapore faces in coming to terms with its Asian identity, this book examines the complex cultural, social, and political underpinnings that have shaped Singapore’s mainstream discourse in Asia. Indeed, it argues that its legacy as a colonial port city, the exigencies of managing the post-independence nation state, and the larger forces of imperialism and capitalism all contribute to its politics of Asianism. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, that spans history, cultural studies, postcolonialism, and cultural geography, Leong Yew reveals how Asia has been used to narrate Singapore’s beginnings, revalidate Singaporean ethnic culture and to consolidate its practices of consumption and commodification.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. On Asianism 3. Singapore, Asia and their Beginnings 4. In Search of the Asian Soul: Shifting Culture, Reframing History 5. Consuming Asia: Commodification in the Context of Singapore’s Asianism 6. Asia as Knowledge 7. Asianized Landscapes and the Transculturation of Singapore 8. Toward Alter-Asianisms

O autorze

Leong Yew is an Assistant Professor in the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore