The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality
This paper explores the present day kopitiam as a symbolic space of urban diversity and communal dining in light of globalisation and its aftermath. By adopting an ethnographic approach, this paper studies the negotiation of a collective identity through the performance of taste and the ‘kopitiam li...
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Main Author: | Tan, Amanda Jia Qian |
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Other Authors: | Laavanya Kathiravelu |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78817 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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