The Asian modern : culture, capitalist development, Singapore /

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Wee's narrative refuses to accept the uncritical interpretation of the modernizing processes in Asia as liberation from the hegemony of Euro-American capitalism. Nor is Wee prepared to concede that all cultural initiatives in the postcolonial societies are, therefore, denied all power to devise...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wee, C. J. Wan-ling
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Mass media > Social aspects > Singapore.
Médias > Aspect social > Singapour.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
Civilization
Economic history
Mass media > Social aspects
Social conditions
Singapore > Civilization.
Singapore > Social conditions.
Singapore > Economic conditions.
Singapore
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Deterritorialisation
  • The "modern" construction of postcolonial Singapore
  • Economic development and the national narrative
  • The homogenised urban environment and locality
  • Reterritorialisation
  • The state, ethnic identity, and capitalism
  • Staging cultural fragments, the Singaporean eunuch, and the Asian Lear
  • Disciplinary modernisation, the Asian economic crisis, and re-invention.

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