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Autore |
Wee C. J. Wan-ling |
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Titolo |
The Asian Modern : Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore / / C.J.W.-L. Wee |
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Hong Kong [China] : , : Hong Kong University Press, , [2007] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2012 |
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©[2007] |
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988-220-750-2 |
1-282-70942-9 |
9786612709425 |
988-8052-83-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mass media - Social aspects - Singapore |
Capitalism - Singapore |
Electronic books. |
Singapore Economic conditions |
Singapore Social conditions |
Singapore Civilization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / by Chua Beng Huat -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The Asian modern --- pt. 1. Deterritorialisation -- ch. 2. The "modern" construction of postcolonial Singapore -- ch. 3. Economic development and the national narrative -- ch. 4. The homogenised urban environment and locality -- pt. 2. Reterritorialisation -- ch. 5. The state, ethnic identity and capitalism -- ch. 6. Staging cultural fragments, the Singaporean eunuch and the Asian Lear -- Epilogue : disciplinary modernisation, the Asian economic crisis and re-invention -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized East Asian context? With this opening question, the author proceeds to give an account of how the |
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modernization processes for postcolonial societies in Asia, such as those of India, Malaysia, and Singapore, are fraught with collaborations and conflicts between different socio-political, historical, economic, and cultural agents. |
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