Title Modern dreams : an inquiry into power, cultural production, and the cityscape in contemporary urban Penang, Malaysia / Beng-Lan Goh

Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 31 Studies on Southeast Asia ; no. 31. Contents Cover; Table of Contents; Acronyms; Tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Southeast Asian Modernity Reconsidered; Chapter Three: Nation, Ethnicity, Class, and the Changing Cityscape in Modern Malaysia; Chapter Four: From Kampung to Condominium; Chapter Five: Kampung Serani Residents' Battle in Vain; Chapter Six: The Politics of Portuguese-Eurasian Identity Constructions in the Kampung Serani Conflict; Chapter Seven: The Juggernaut of Growth and the Kampung Serani Conflict; Chapter Eight: Property Developers and the Kampung Serani Conflict; Chapter Nine: Conclusion Summary A fascinating ethnographic study of the cultural politics of urban redevelopment in Kampung Serani, one Penang community, in the 1990s. Through interviews, newspaper reports, and other records, Goh considers changing notions of culture, ethnic identity, and urban space Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Community power -- Malaysia -- George Town (Pulau Pinang) Gentrification -- Malaysia -- George Town (Pulau Pinang) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Community power Gentrification Politics and government Stadsplanning. Ontruiming. Macht. Culturele identiteit. SUBJECT George Town (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) -- Politics and government Subject Malaysia -- George Town (Pulau Pinang) Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501719196 150171919X

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