Ethnicization and Identity Construction in Malaysia

ISBN-13: 9780415699136 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 256 str.

Frederik Holst

Opis

"Provide[s] an in-depth and multifaceted study of the processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period until the present"--Publisher's description.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: configurations of ethnicization in Malaysia - Current state of research - Structure 2. Reconceptualizing ethnicized identities - Race and ethnicity - Concrete issues: the role of language and religion - Ethnic identity construction and ethnicization - Beyond ethnicity 3. History of ethnicization in Malaysia - Ethnicized identities in Malaysia - The colonial system - After independence - Transethnic cooperation in history - Historical reframings and erasures 4. Manifestations of ethnicization - The ethnicized political and party system - Malaysia's ethnicized political economy 5. Implementations of ethnicization - Ethnicization through language and religious policies - Defining discourses and identities 6. Impacts of ethnicization - "Us" versus "Them": othering against migrant populations - Malaysia's universities: transethnic cooperation despite ethnic quotas? - Social activism between ethnicization and transethnic cooperation 7. Conclusion

O autorze

Frederik Holst is a senior research fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He holds a PhD in Southeast Asian Studies and an MA in Communication Studies, forming the basis of his research interests. His focus lies on questions of identity as well as the impact of communication technologies.