Best of both worlds : hybrid identities of mixed-race individuals in Singapore.

• Main Author: Lim, Tricia Anna.
• Other Authors: Caroline Pluss
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48254
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores how mixed-race Singaporeans negotiate their racial identity within a society that regards “race” as static and unchanging—exemplified through state-sanctioned racial definitions and policies. The major themes of this study are (a) the centrality of race as part of their construct...