Negotiating Multiculturalism: Disciplining Difference in Singapore

✍ Scribed by Nirmala Srirekam Purushotam

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Leaves: 304
Edition: Reprint 2012
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

‘Nation’ and ‘Race’: realms of problematic possibilities for language
Race-ing language: the institutionalisation of ‘Chinese’, ‘Malay’, and ‘Indian’ in Singapore
Talk about language: from political project to daily life positionings
Language on the life trajectory: Everyday Life contexts, relevances and practices
The mother tongue: male texts and female readings
Second language: official bilingualism brought home
Disciplining difference
Notes
References
Index

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