1st Edition

Worlding Multiculturalisms The Politics of Inter-Asian Dwelling

Edited By Daniel P.S. Goh Copyright 2015
200 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Worlding multiculturalisms are practices that infuse our arbitrary cultural lives with new things from other cultures in poetic ways to enable us to dwell and be at home with the complexity of the world. In the context of the crisis of multiculturalism in the West and the growing obsolescence of state-based multiculturalism in the postcolonial world, this book offers examples of new practices of... Read more

Introduction, Daniel P.S. Goh Part I: Inter-subjects 1. "Dreams of Colliding Worlds": Worlding Multiculturalism in Lawrence Chua’s Gold by the Inch, Chih-ming Wang 2. Nation, Diaspora and the World: Locating Namewee and Malaysian Popular Culture, Keng We Koh 3. In-your-face Multiculturalism: Reclaiming Public Space and Citizenship by Filipina Immigrant Workers in Hong Kong, Yun-Chung Chen and Mirana May Szeto Part II: Empowerments 4. Popular Culture and Multiculturalism in East Asia: Market-Led Visions of Incorporating Diversity?, Nissim Otmazgin and Eyal Ben-Ari 5. Worlding Activism: Transnationalizing the Movement for Domestic Workers in Hong Kong and the Philippines, Ma. Glenda Lopez Wui 6. Bersih dan Ubah: citizenship rights, intergenerational togetherness and multicultural unity in Malaysia, Gaik Cheng Khoo  Part III: Dwellings 7. Casino Multiculturalism and the Reinvention of Heritage in Macao, Vincent Ho 8. Shopping Mall as Dwelling-place: Multiculturalism and the Spatial Struggle over Time Square, Seoul, Sung Kyung Kim 9. Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery: Contesting Imaginations of the Good Life in Singapore, Terence Chong

Biography

Daniel P.S. Goh is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore.