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Author : Josephine Chia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Isn't Singapore Somewhere in China, Luv? written by Josephine Chia and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Preston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134321767
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Singapore in the Global System written by Peter Preston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tracks the phases of Singapore’s economic and political development, arguing that its success was always dependent upon the territories links with the surrounding region and the wider global system, and suggests that managing these links today will be the key to the country’s future. Singapore has followed a distinctive historical development trajectory. It was one of a number of cities which provided bases for the expansion of the British empire in the East. But the Pacific War provided local elites with their chance to secure independence. In Singapore the elite disciplined and mobilized their population and built successfully on their colonial inheritance. Today, the city-state prospers in the context of its regional and global networks, and sustaining and nurturing these are the keys to its future. But there are clouds on the elite’s horizons; domestically, the population is restive with inequality, migration and surplus-repression causing concern; and internationally, the strategy of constructing a business-hub economy is being widely copied and both Hong Kong and Shanghai are significant competitors. This book discusses these issues and argues that although success is likely to characterize Singapore’s future, the elite will have to address these significant domestic and international problems.
Author : Andrea Riemenschnitter
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 962209080X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Diasporic Histories written by Andrea Riemenschnitter and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese migrant communities have reinvented their histories in many contexts, but the process of globalization has accelerated and diversified this phenomenon. Their fluid identities, innovative modernities, and generative talents in overcoming prejudice and multiple dislocations offer powerful examples of creative resistance to placebound traditions and nationalist histories. As the velocity of exchange in global media and commerce steadily increases, emergent and dynamic diasporas are increasingly influential in transnational discourses. This volume engages cultural representations of the subjectivities and loyalties of Chinese migrant communities, including analyses of aesthetic texts, as well as theoretical approaches in cultural studies. The book situates diasporic agency as an historical phenomenon with far-reaching political and social implications for both home and host societies and as a major site of contemporary cultural developments. By assembling a variety of regional, temporal, and disciplinary perspectives, it interrogates current notions of the diasporic subject, raising questions about respective ideological roots and cultural repositories as well as extensions and transgressions of new aesthetic vocabularies. Contributors include Roland Altenburger, Pheng Cheah, Prasenjit Duara, Kathrin Ensinger, Ping-kwan Leung, Helen F. Siu, Tamara S. Wagner, Mary Shuk-han Wong, Sau-ling C. Wong and Nicolas Zufferey.
Author : Kanwaljit Soin
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814641995
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Our Lives To Live: Putting A Woman's Face To Change In Singapore written by Kanwaljit Soin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Lives to Live: Putting a Woman's Face to Change in Singapore explores and documents how women's roles, choices, and voices in Singapore have changed in the last 50 years; how women, from all sectors of society, have helped to shape the Singapore we know today. The 31 chapters, some with a more academic slant, others with a distinctly personal tone, reflect the rich diversity and depth of women's contributions to Singapore's evolution in the last half century, and also point to the problematical areas that still need attention.The perspectives in this book are provided by three generations of women, and they put a human face — the woman's face — to the tremendous changes in Singapore society over the past 50 years. The authors include some of Singapore's most accomplished women in many different fields — Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, political scientist and diplomat Chan Heng Chee, global women's activist Noeleen Heyzer, sociologist and politician Aline Wong, food ambassador Violet Oon, sports legend Pat Chan, law lecturer and playwright Eleanor Wong, and novelist Meira Chand.
Author : Leong Yew
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136884106
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Alterities in Asia written by Leong Yew and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the politics of identity in Asia and explores how different groups of people inside and outside Asia have attempted to relate to the alterity of the places and cultures in the region through various modes (literary and filmic representation, scholarly knowledge, and so on) and at different points in time. Although coming from different perspectives like literary criticism, film studies, geography, cultural history, and political science, the contributors collectively argue that Asian otherness is more than the dialectical interplay between the Western self and one of its many others, and more than just the Orientalist discourse writ large. Rather, they demonstrate the existence of multiple levels of inter-Asian and intercultural contact and consciousness that both subvert as much as they consolidate the dominant ‘Western Core-Asian periphery’ framework that structures what the mainstream assumes to be knowledge of Asia. With chapters covering a wealth of topics from Korea and its Cold War history, to Australia's Asian identity crisis, this book will be of huge interest to anyone interested in critical Asian studies, Asian ethnicity, postcolonialism and Asia cultural studies. Leong Yew is an Assistant Professor in the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Disjunctive Empire of International Relations (2003).
Author : Catherine Lim GS
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9812299076
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Gateway to Peranakan Culture (2009 Edition - EPUB) written by Catherine Lim GS and published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are probably familiar with the spicy Peranakan cuisine or even have friends who are great at cooking it. But there is definitely more to the Peranakan culture than what's cooking in the kitchen. Have you ever wondered why they speak the way they do? Why are they always singing the dondang sayang? What is the big deal about cherki games? And, more importantly, what does it mean to be a Peranakan? With a heritage that combines the best of the Chinese and Malay cultures, the hybrid nature of the Peranakans has yielded enviable works of art in the realm of architecture, embroidery, beadwork and the culinary arts. Join us on a colourful journey into the history, lifestyle and unique character of the Peranakan people.
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Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Singapore Literature in English written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patricia Maria Tan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Children of the Next Lap written by Patricia Maria Tan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Journal of Commonwealth Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Berita written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Felix Cheong
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814974366
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (149 download)
Download or read book Letter to My Father: Words of love and perspectives on growing up from sons and daughters written by Felix Cheong and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you tell your father if you wrote him a letter? Perhaps what you have always wanted to say, but never could. Perhaps things you would like to thank him for, but never had the chance to. Or perhaps sort out disagreements you wished had been resolved more amicably. Heartfelt and moving and full of vignettes about their growing up years, these letters by our contributors show us the pivotal role the father figure plays in their children’s lives.Contributors include: Margaret Thomas, Sadie-Jane Alexis Nunis, Christina Thé, Louis Tang, Alvin Tan, David Kwee, Hoh Chung Shih, Wong Ting Hway, Chee Soo Lian, Natalie Ng, Charmaine Leung, Crispin Rodrigues, Jacintha Abisheganaden, Kelvin Tan, Usha Pillai, Andrew Koh, Patrick Sagaram, Loh Guan Liang, Sarah Voon, Koh Jee Leong
Author : New York Public Library Staff
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 : 9780783813202
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies written by New York Public Library Staff and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An aid for reseaching non-western cultures, the Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies covers Japan, China, North and South Korea, Honk Kong, and Taiwan, with approximately 3,500 listings from LC MARC tapes and the Oriental Division of The New York Public Library. It includes publications about East Asia; materials published in any of the relevant countries; and publications in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. Listings are transcribed into Anglicised characters. Each entry provides complete bibliographic information, along with the NYPL and/or LC call numbers.
Author : Wang Gungwu
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9814722928
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Home is Not Here written by Wang Gungwu and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wang Gungwu is one of Asia’s most important public intellectuals. He is best-known for his explorations of Chinese history in the long view, and for his writings on the Chinese diaspora. With Home is Not Here, the historian of grand themes turns to a single life history: his own. In this volume, Wang talks about his multicultural upbringing and life under British rule. He was born in Surabaya, Java, but his parents’ orientation was always to China. Wang grew up in the plural, multi-ethnic town of Ipoh, Malaya (now Malaysia). He learned English in colonial schools and was taught the Confucian classics at home. After the end of WWII and Japanese occupation, he left for the National Central University in Nanjing to study alongside some of the finest of his generation of Chinese undergraduates. The victory of Mao Zedong’s Communist Party interrupted his education, and he ends this volume with his return to Malaya. Wise and moving, this is a fascinating reflection on family, identity, and belonging, and on the ability of the individual to find a place amid the historical currents that have shaped Asia and the world.
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Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book International Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. Zhu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137514736
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Gender and Subjectivities in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature and Culture written by P. Zhu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through both cultural and literary analysis, this book examines gender in relation to late Qing and modern Chinese intellectuals, including Mu Shiying, Bai Wei, and Lu Xun. Tackling important, previously neglected questions, Zhu ultimately shows the resilience and malleability of Chinese modernity through its progressive views on femininity.
Author : Patricia Angela Sieber
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0742511375
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Red is Not the Only Color written by Patricia Angela Sieber and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After World War II, some 12 million Germans, 3 million Poles and Ukrainians, and tens of thousands of Hungarians were expelled from their homes and forced to migrate to their supposed countries of origin. Using freshly available materials from Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Czechoslovak, German, British, and American archives, the contributors to this book provide a sweeping, detailed account of the turmoil caused by the huge wave of forced migration during the nascent Cold War. The book also documents the deep and lasting political, social, and economic consequences of this traumatic time, raising difficult questions about the effect of forced migration on postwar reconstruction, the rise of Communism, and the growing tensions between Western Europe and the Eastern bloc. Those interested in European Cold-War history will find this book indispensable for understanding the profound―but hitherto little known―upheavals caused by the massive ethnic cleansing that took place from 1944 to 1948."--Amazon.com viewed November 12, 2020.
Author : Patricia Sieber
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461666120
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Red Is Not the Only Color written by Patricia Sieber and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2001-09-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English-language anthology of its kind, Red Is Not the Only Color offers a window into the uncharted terrain of intimate relations between Chinese women. As urban China has undergone rapid transformation, same-sex relations have emerged as a significant, if previously neglected, touchstone for the exploration of the meaning of social change. The short fiction in this volume highlights tensions between tradition and modernization, family and state, art and commerce, love and sex. These stories introduce an emerging generation of acclaimed, and at times controversial, women writers, including Chen Ran, Bikwan Wong, and Chen Xue. By presenting fiction from the PRC, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, the collection deliberately maps the literary contours of same-sex intimacy in broadly cultural rather than purely political terms. The perceptive and informative introduction surveys the social evolution of female same-sex intimacy in twentieth-century China, examines how each author engages with her Chinese context, and discusses how the stories compare with earlier representations of Chinese same-sex intimacy in the United States. Compelling for its literary quality, the anthology will also spur reflection among scholars of modern Chinese literature as well as readers interested in questions of gender, sexuality, and cross-cultural representation.
