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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819982703321

Autore

Holst Frederik

Titolo

Ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia / / Frederik Holst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-33059-3

1-280-66215-8

9786613639080

1-136-33060-7

0-203-12195-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge Malaysian studies series ; ; 12

Disciplina

305.8009595

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Malaysia

Malaysians - Ethnic identity

Malaysia Ethnic relations

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Ethnicization and Identity Construction in Malaysia; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Glossary; 1. Introduction Configurations of ethnicization in Malaysia; Current state of research; Structure; 2. Reconceptualizing ethnicizedidentities; Race and ethnicity; Concrete issues: the role of language and religion; Ethnic identity construction and ethnicization; Beyond ethnicity; 3. History of ethnicization in Malaysia; Ethnicized identities in Malaysia; The colonial system; After independence; Transethnic cooperation in history

Historical reframings and erasures4. Manifestations of ethnicization; The ethnicized political and party system; Malaysia's ethnicized political economy; 5. Implementations of ethnicization; Ethnicization through language and religious policies; Defining discourses and identities; 6. Impacts of ethnicization; "Us" versus "Them": othering against migrant populations; Malaysia's universities: transethnic cooperation despite ethnic quotas?; Social activism between ethnicization and transethnic cooperation; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Provide[s] an in-depth and multifaceted study of the processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial



period until the present"--Publisher's description.