Contours of culture : space and social difference in Singapore /

"This volume discusses the urban history and cultural landscape of Singapore in relation to theories of textual dialogics, multiculturalism and the cultural and political unconscious. Multidisciplinary in approach, this book takes as its data not only government policy and official discourses,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goh, Robbie B. H., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor], 2005.
Temas:
Sociology, Urban > Singapore.
Cultural pluralism > Singapore.
Multiculturalism > Singapore.
Globalization > Social aspects > Singapore.
Sociologie urbaine > Singapour.
Diversité culturelle > Singapour.
Multiculturalisme > Singapour.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Singapour.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cultural pluralism
Globalization > Social aspects
Multiculturalism
Social conditions
Sociology, Urban
Kulturwandel
Sozialer Wandel
Singapore > Social conditions.
Singapore
Singapur
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction:DialogiCity- Cultural Transformations and Contestations in the Postcolonial City-State
  • 1 Chronotopia: Colonial Memories, Landmark Sites, and Civic Culturesin the Postcolonial Asian City
  • 2 Ideologies of 'Upgrading"" in Singapore Public Housing: Postmodern Style, Globalization and Class Construction
  • 3 Things to a Void: Identity Politicsand the Poetics of CommunalSpaces
  • 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
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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