02857oam 22006134a 450 991078096150332120211027063530.0988-220-750-21-282-70942-99786612709425988-8052-83-7(CKB)2520000000009822(EBL)677569(OCoLC)646068524(SSID)ssj0000412212(PQKBManifestationID)11260310(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412212(PQKBWorkID)10366125(PQKB)11504552(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035539(MdBmJHUP)muse7370(MiAaPQ)EBC677569(EXLCZ)99252000000000982220120411e20122007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Asian ModernCulture, Capitalist Development, Singapore /C.J.W.-L. WeeHong Kong [China] :Hong Kong University Press,[2007]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2012©[2007]1 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.962-209-859-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.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.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 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.Mass mediaSocial aspectsSingaporeCapitalismSingaporeSingaporeEconomic conditionsSingaporeSocial conditionsSingaporeCivilizationMass mediaSocial aspectsCapitalism302.23095957Wee C. J. Wan-ling1501383MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910780961503321The Asian Modern3728494UNINA