| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Malaysian Studies Series |
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Routledge Malaysian studies series.
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
This book is the first monograph to provide an in-depth and multifaceted study of the processes of ethnicization and identity construction in Malaysia, from the colonial period until the present. In his analysis, the author takes multiple layers of ethnicization into account and shows how these have shaped Malaysia's socio-political system and society in different ways. Moving beyond a center-focused, top-down-oriented perception of identity politics, this work highlights on the one hand the role and position of a multitude of actors - from grassroots level to mainstream politics - who contrib |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnicity -- Malaysia
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Malaysians -- Ethnic identity
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Ethnic relations.
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Ethnicity.
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| SUBJECT |
Malaysia -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Malaysia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203121955 |
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0203121953 |
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