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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456508903321

Autore

Hong Lysa

Titolo

The scripting of a national history [[electronic resource] ] : Singapore and its pasts / / Hong Lysa and Huang Jianli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press

Singapore, : NUS Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-70953-4

9786612709531

988-8052-94-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HuangJianli

Disciplina

959.570072

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Singapore

Electronic books.

Singapore Historiography

Singapore History

Singapore Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : beginning of history -- pt. 1. Scripture -- 1. New testament : Singapore and its tensed pasts -- 2. Apotheosis : The Lee Kuan Yew story as Singapore's history -- 3. Sermon : Rajaratnam and Devan Nair as high priests -- 4. Liturgy : telling Singapore's past through oral history -- pt. II. Singapore's Chinese dilemma -- 5. Political vanguard : PAP leaders of the Chinese-speaking community -- 6. Language fault lines : the Wang Gungwu report on Nanyang University -- 7. Student political activism : articulation, contestation and omission -- pt. III. Con/scripting Singapore's national heroes -- 8. Toying with Pandora's box : the scripting of Singapore's national heroes -- 9. Imagining a big Singapore : positioning the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall -- 10. Conscripting Chinese diasporic culture into national identity : taming of the Tiger Balm Gardens -- Conclusion : no end to history.

Sommario/riassunto

The scripting of a national history : Singapore and its pasts is highly relevant not only to academics but also for the Singapore general



reader interested to see what are meant to be received wisdoms for the citizenry interrogated in a well-reasoned and engaging exercise, as well as for an international readership to whom Singapore has become a fascinating enigma. They may well be intrigued by the anxieties of being Singaporean.