The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore, Construction of "Nation"
by Lily Kong
Space, Place and Society
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This book shows how power relations that define and challenge the concept of nation are played out in and through landscapes. Has the era of globalization neutralized the institution of nation? This thought-provoking book focuses on attempts to build nation through landscape. Specifically, it explores strategies employed by Singapore, a multiracial society, to create a Singapore nation with an emphasis on the role of landscapes. As such, the authors cast a keen eye on religious buildings, show more public housing, heritage landscapes, and street name changes as tangible methods of nation-building in a postcolonial society. The authors point out that notions of identity and nation are social constructs rooted in history. They then illustrate how nation and national identity are concepts that are negotiated and disputed by varied social, economic, and political groups - some of which may actively resist powerful state-centrist attitudes. Throughout this work, the role of the landscape prevails both as a way to naturalize state ideologies and as a means of providing possibilities for reinterpretation in everyday life. Insightful and informative, this is a crucial reference for g show lessTags
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History
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- 320.95957 — Society, Government, and Culture Political science Types of Government Political situation and conditions Asia Southeast Asia Malysia; Singapore; Brunei Singpore
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- JQ1063 .A58 .K66 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Asia
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