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Hong Lysa |
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Titolo |
The scripting of a national history [[electronic resource] ] : Singapore and its pasts / / Hong Lysa and Huang Jianli |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press |
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Singapore, : NUS Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-70953-4 |
9786612709531 |
988-8052-94-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnicity - Singapore |
Electronic books. |
Singapore Historiography |
Singapore History |
Singapore Politics and government |
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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. [283]-291) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The scripting of a national history : Singapore and its pasts is highly relevant not only to academics but also for the Singapore general |
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