The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore: Constructions of "Nation"
- ISBN-10
- 081562980X
- ISBN-13
- 9780815629801
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-02-01
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Authors
- Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Lily Kong
Description
This thought-provoking book explores strategies employed by Singapore, a multiracial society, to create a Singapore "nation" with an emphasis on the role of landscape. As such, the authors cast keen eye on religious buildings, public housing, heritage landscapes, and street name changes as tangible methods of nation-building in a postcolonial society. The authors 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 powerfuI 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.
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