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

✍ Scribed by Beng-Lan Goh

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 230
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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...

✦ Table of Contents

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
Appendices

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