Modern Dreams : An Inquiry into Power, Cultural Production, and the Cityscape in Contemporary Urban Penang, Malaysia /

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A fascinating ethnographic study of the cultural politics of urban redevelopment in Kampung Serani, one Penang community, in the 1990s. Through interviews, newspaper reports, and other records, Goh considers changing notions of culture, ethnic identity, and urban space.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Goh, Beng-Lan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Culturele identiteit.
Macht.
Ontruiming.
Stadsplanning.
Politics and government
Gentrification.
Community power.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) > Malaisie > George Town (Penang)
Pouvoir communautaire > Malaisie > George Town (Penang)
Gentrification > Malaysia > George Town (Pulau Pinang)
Community power > Malaysia > George Town (Pulau Pinang)
Malaysia > George Town (Pulau Pinang)
George Town (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Acronyms; Tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Southeast Asian Modernity Reconsidered; Chapter Three: Nation, Ethnicity, Class, and the Changing Cityscape in Modern Malaysia; Chapter Four: From Kampung to Condominium; Chapter Five: Kampung Serani Residents' Battle in Vain; Chapter Six: The Politics of Portuguese-Eurasian Identity Constructions in the Kampung Serani Conflict; Chapter Seven: The Juggernaut of Growth and the Kampung Serani Conflict; Chapter Eight: Property Developers and the Kampung Serani Conflict; Chapter Nine: Conclusion.

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