From kiasu to kiasi : the workings of a social habitus in post-independence Singapore

Today, bring up the terms “kiasu” and “kiasi” and it can be said that no Singaporeans could deny association or affiliations to this said mentality. Borrowing the sociological theories of the field and the habitus, this thesis argues that the Singaporean state during this 1980s saw the necessity for...

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Main Author: Tan, Josiah Zhi Xian
Other Authors: Michael Stanley-Baker
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155958
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English