“Acting Chinese”: how do Malays manage their racial-religious identity in sinicized Singapore?

Aimed at overturning the repressive practice of dismissing the unique distinctiveness of different Malay-Muslims into a single identity of belonging to “the problematic and exclusive community”, this study intends to uncover how Malay-Muslims who are perceived to be “successful”, have mediated their...

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Main Author:	Nur Liyana Anuar
Other Authors:	Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66116
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-661162019-12-10T13:27:30Z “Acting Chinese”: how do Malays manage their racial-religious identity in sinicized Singapore? Nur Liyana Anuar Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences Aimed at overturning the repressive practice of dismissing the unique distinctiveness of different Malay-Muslims into a single identity of belonging to “the problematic and exclusive community”, this study intends to uncover how Malay-Muslims who are perceived to be “successful”, have mediated their racial and religious identity performance in specific ways, in order to fit in, survive and find success in secular, Chinese-dominated Singapore. Through 18 verbal accounts of lived experiences and their subsequent interpretations, this research seeks to analyze how these individuals try to reconcile their already-established Malay-Muslim identity with the dominant social ethos and ideals prevalent in Singapore society. Bachelor of Arts 2016-03-11T06:27:50Z 2016-03-11T06:27:50Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66116 en Nanyang Technological University 35 p. application/pdf
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description	Aimed at overturning the repressive practice of dismissing the unique distinctiveness of different Malay-Muslims into a single identity of belonging to “the problematic and exclusive community”, this study intends to uncover how Malay-Muslims who are perceived to be “successful”, have mediated their racial and religious identity performance in specific ways, in order to fit in, survive and find success in secular, Chinese-dominated Singapore. Through 18 verbal accounts of lived experiences and their subsequent interpretations, this research seeks to analyze how these individuals try to reconcile their already-established Malay-Muslim identity with the dominant social ethos and ideals prevalent in Singapore society.
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“Acting Chinese”: how do Malays manage their racial-religious identity in sinicized Singapore?

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