At the crossroads of tradition and modernity : analysing the commodification of culture and heritage in Singapore through state-initiated night markets in the 1980s

• Main Author: Ng, Galen Yee Teck
• Other Authors: Hallam Stevens
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Social aspects; Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Politics and government
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147292
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Night markets (also known as pasar malams) in Singapore have endured a tumultuous past. They initially thrived during the post-independence era as important commercial and social hubs for the masses who were being relocated into suburban public housing estates. However, once Singapore underwent rapi...