Identity construction in the South Asian diaspora in Singapore in the process of decolonisation : from post-war to independence (c. 1945–1965)

• Main Author: Al-Mehraaj Mohamed Rahim
• Other Authors: Jessica Bridgette Hinchy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::General::History; DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76607
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The thesis explores identity construction in the South Asian diaspora in Malaya, and more specifically Singapore, in the context of decolonisation from the immediate post-war period until Singapore’s independence in 1965. There will be an analysis of the construction of a) national identities, in te...