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 |
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Other Authors: | Michael Stanley-Baker |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2022
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155958 |
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