LEADER 02891oam 22006254a 450 001 9910456507503321 005 20211027063530.0 010 $a988-220-750-2 010 $a1-282-70942-9 010 $a9786612709425 010 $a988-8052-83-7 035 $a(CKB)2520000000009822 035 $a(EBL)677569 035 $a(OCoLC)646068524 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412212 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260310 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412212 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366125 035 $a(PQKB)11504552 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035539 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse7370 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC677569 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000009822 100 $a20120411e20122007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Asian Modern$eCulture, Capitalist Development, Singapore /$fC.J.W.-L. Wee 210 1$aHong Kong [China] :$cHong Kong University Press,$d[2007] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2012 210 4$dİ[2007] 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a962-209-859-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index. 327 $aForeword / 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. 330 $aHow 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. 606 $aMass media$xSocial aspects$zSingapore 606 $aCapitalism$zSingapore 607 $aSingapore$xEconomic conditions 607 $aSingapore$xSocial conditions 607 $aSingapore$xCivilization 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMass media$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCapitalism 676 $a302.23095957 700 $aWee$b C. J. Wan-ling$01042571 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456507503321 996 $aThe Asian Modern$92466912 997 $aUNINA