新加坡国家认同的建构 ：以2011年国庆庆典为例 = The construction of national identity in the case study of Singapore national day parade 2011

• Main Author: 杨琇雯 Yeo, Xiu Wen
• Other Authors: Quah Sy Ren
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Drama; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48285
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

新加坡建国较晚，宗教、语言、民族各方面的多元因素和较大差异，使国家认同的建构，艰辛不易。不少学者从独立初期甚至至今，都认为新加坡的国家认同并不乐观，也因此探讨新加坡将如何建构国家认同。而国庆庆典作为一天内能大幅度地建构国家认同的方式，成为本文的主要分析对象。本文将考量新加坡的特殊语境，主要从国家认同的角度，结合各方面的相关研究，解读最近期的2011年新加坡国庆庆典，如何运用种种的国家符号来再现新加坡，从而建构国家认同。本文也探讨这些符号除了有建构国家认同的正面作用以外，也指出其他的负面作用与隐喻。以新加坡的历史、政治、族群与社会的语境为考量，本文主要探讨四个层面，即族群融合与现代性的两者关系、强化危机意识与镇压意识形态、国庆群众大会演讲如何巩固新加坡人为“一体”、符号滥溢及其脆弱国家认同的隐喻。While Singapore established its independence considerably late, topped off by the differences that arise from a diversity of religion, language and ethnicity, the construction of national identity is undoubtedly critically weak. Since the early years of Singapore's independence, many scholars have always been casting a bleak view on Singapore's national identity, as they also analyse how Singapore seeks to undergo the challenging task of constructing national identity. As there are few research on how Singapore National Day Parades constructs national identity, this field of interest becomes the main text of analysis in this thesis, as it is involves a large extent of constructing national identity within a day's time. This thesis seeks to analyse National Day Parade 2011 mainly from the perspective of National Identity, interpreting the various national symbols on how it represents the image of Singapore henceforth the construction of national identity, as well as some of its negative complications and metaphors. Considering the unique context of Singapore from history, politics, ethnicity and society, this thesis uncovers four main ways of construction, namely the co-relationship between ethnicity and modernity; crisis awareness and repression of ideology; rhetorical mechanisms involved to unify Singaporeans in National Day Rally Speech; and lastly, the surplus of symbols and weak national identity.