Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific

Herausgeber: Vasu, Norman; Law, Kam-Yee; Chin, Yolanda

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Produktbeschreibung

Many states in the Asia Pacific region are not built around a single homogenous people, but rather include many large, varied, different national groups. This book explores how states in the region attempt to develop commonality and a nation and the difficulties that arise. It discusses the consequences which ensue when competing narratives clash, and examines the nature of resistance to dominant narratives which arise.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415819725
• ISBN-10: 0415819725
• Artikelnr.: 37039881

Autorenporträt

Norman Vasu is an Assistant Professor in the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University Yolanda Chin is a Research Fellow in the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University Kam-yee Law is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Institute of Education

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Un/settled Narrations: Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific Part
1: Constructing Commonality and the Nation 1. Rethinking the Who, What and
When: Why not Singaporean Military Heroes? 2. The Nation and its Murals: A
Reading of Malaysian Images, 1957-1969 Part 2: Competing Narratives Clash
3. Between Assimilation and Multiculturalism: Social Resilience and the
Governance of Diversity in Singapore 4. (Un)Problematic Multiculturalism:
Challenges and Opportunities for Social Cohesion in New Zealand 5.
Colonialism, Sinicization and Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong: Social
exclusion and barely citizenship 6. Globalization, Multicultural Society
and Consensus Politics in S. Korea Part 3: Resisting dominant narratives
7. Managing Conflict in Canberra: National Identity and Narrating
Difference 8. Renegotiating Unity and Diversity: Problematic
Multiculturalism in Post-Suharto Indonesia