Peranakan Imageries in Malaysian and Singaporean Modern Art, 1980s-2017: Between Gendered Representations and Modern Expressions

• Main Author: Abdullah, Sarena
• Other Authors: Tan, Sooi Beng
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: NX1-820 Arts in general
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/31264/1/2019%20Eclectic%20Cultures%20Peranakan%20Imageries%20Chapter%207%20merged.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/31264/
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

The revival of interest in the Peranakan community in the past few decades has largely concentrated on the cultural imagery of the Nyonya lifestyle rather than political narratives of the Straits Chinese of the early twentieth century. In particular, the hybrid elements of Nyonya culture, includi...