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  • Chinese on the Move

    Migration, Language, and Identity

    by Seong Lin Ding, Rui Li ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is the first to study the language and politics of identity of recent mainland Chinese migrants to Malaysia. Drawing on a variety of fieldwork data, the volume provides an accessible and succinct view of this ‘new’ transnational migrant community in multilingual Malaysia. Unlike earlier Chinese migrants (the ‘old’ Chinese communities) who migrated to Malaysia (previously British Malaya) ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Seeing beyond a ‘Chinatown’

    Heritage and Identity in Chinese Spaces in Kuala Lumpur

    Edited by Seong Lin Ding, Yean Leng Ng ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book moves beyond the stereotyped approaches adopted in earlier works on ‘Chinatowns’ and introduces instead the Chinese spaces in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. Seeing beyond the ‘Chinatown’, this book puts forward the historical, political, linguistic, educational, economic, sociocultural, religious, and architectural perspectives of the Chinese spaces, in local and ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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    The Politics of Belonging at an International School

    by Danau Tanu ...
    “[R]ecommended to anyone interested in multiculturalism and migration….[and] food for thought also for scholars studying migration in less privileged contexts.”—Social AnthropologyIn this compelling study of the children of serial migrants, Danau Tanu argues that the international schools they attend promote an ideology of being “international” that is Eurocentric. Despite the cosmopolitan ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Dreams of Flight

    The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West

    by Fran Martin ...
    In Dreams of Flight, Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad. On one hand, unmarried middle-class women in the single-child generations are encouraged to develop themselves as professional human capital through international education, molding themselves into independent, cosmopolitan, career-oriented individuals. On the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Multilingual Singapore

    Language Policies and Linguistic Realities

    Edited by Ritu Jain ...
    Series series Routledge Multilingual Asia Series
    This volume brings together researchers whose analysis and insights provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Singapore’s rich linguistic diversity. Applying a combination of descriptive, empirical, and theoretical approaches, the authors investigate not only official languages such as English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil, but also minority languages such as the Chinese vernaculars and ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • English in Singapore

    by Hong Kong University Press ...
    English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surrounding the sociolinguistics of English in Singapore. Rather than attempting to cover the usual topics in an overview of a variety of English in a particular country, the essays in this volume are important for identifying some of the most significant issues pertaining to the state and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Why English?

    Confronting the Hydra

    Edited by Pauline Bunce, Prof. Robert Phillipson, Vaughan Rapatahana, Ruanni Tupas ...
    Series Book 13 - Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights
    This book explores the ways and means by which English threatens the vitality and diversity of other languages and cultures in the modern world. Using the metaphor of the Hydra monster from ancient Greek mythology, it explores the use and misuse of English in a wide range of contexts, revealing how the dominance of English is being confronted and counteracted around the globe. The authors explore ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Gay and Lesbian Asia

    Culture, Identity, Community

    Edited by Gerard Sullivan, PETER A JACKSON ...
    How do Asian cultures construct queer genders, sexualities, and eroticism?Gay and Lesbian Asia demonstrates the astonishing diversity of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered identities in countries including Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Although many Asian cultures borrow the language of the West when discussing queerness, the attitudes, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Global City Dilemmas and Anglophone Singapore Literature

    Intersectional Politics and Cultural Negotiations in the 21st Century

    by Angelia Poon ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book looks at culturally significant, English-language texts produced in Singapore in the last 20 years by writers such as Balli Kaur Jaswal, Alfian Sa’at, Claire Tham, Amanda Lee Koe, Ng Yi-Sheng and Kevin Kwan. It provides an analysis sensitive to the writers' socio-political and cultural contexts, and shows how Singapore's Anglophone literature successfully disrupts the government’s ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific

    Edited by Norman Vasu, Yolanda Chin, Kam-yee Law ...
    Series series Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
    Many states in the Asia Pacific region are not built around a single homogenous people, but rather include many large, varied, different national groups. This book explores how states in the region attempt to develop commonality and a nation and the difficulties that arise. It discusses the consequences which ensue when competing narratives clash, and examines the nature of resistance to dominant ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Sexuality and the Rise of China

    The Post-1990s Gay Generation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China

    by Travis S. K. Kong ...
    In Sexuality and the Rise of China Travis S. K. Kong examines the changing meanings of same-sex identities, communities, and cultures for young Chinese gay men in contemporary Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. Drawing on ninety life stories, Kong’s transnational queer sociological approach shows the complex interplay between personal biography and the dramatically changing social institutions ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Malaysian Crossings

    Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature

    by Cheow Thia Chan ...
    Series series Global Chinese Culture
    Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) literature is marginalized on several fronts. In the international literary space, which privileges the West, Malaysia is considered remote. The institutions of modern Chinese literature favor mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Within Malaysia, only texts in Malay, the national language, are considered national literature by the state. However, Mahua authors have ... Read more

    $25.99 USD