Ethnic Chinese in Malaysian citizenship: gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy

The ethnic Chinese in Malaysia are a significant minority who call for a critical assessment as far as their cultural identity and political positioning are concerned. Appropriating the concept of ‘multicultural citizenship’, this article attempts to dissect various demands and aspirations of the et...

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Main Author: Yow, Cheun Hoe
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-833422020-03-07T12:10:37Z Ethnic Chinese in Malaysian citizenship: gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy Yow, Cheun Hoe School of Humanities and Social Sciences Ethnic chinese Ethnicity The ethnic Chinese in Malaysia are a significant minority who call for a critical assessment as far as their cultural identity and political positioning are concerned. Appropriating the concept of ‘multicultural citizenship’, this article attempts to dissect various demands and aspirations of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia’s multiracial hierarchy. It suggests that using the lens of multicultural citizenship can help shed light on Malaysian Chinese as well as the entire nation, where ethnicity and citizenship are gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy. In recent times, Malaysian Chinese have articulated their political desires and demands in order to get rid of the disgrace of racial constraints, and also to envisage a more inclusive multicultural citizenship for Malaysia as a nation-state. This article also compares and contrasts three Chinese public figures who have taken disparate stands and approaches with regard to language, culture, race, nation, and party politics. Accepted version 2017-05-31T08:39:42Z 2019-12-06T15:20:22Z 2017-05-31T08:39:42Z 2019-12-06T15:20:22Z 2016 Journal Article Yow, C. H. (2016). Ethnic Chinese in Malaysian citizenship: gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy. Asian Ethnicity, 18(3), 277-295. 1463-1369 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83342 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42541 10.1080/14631369.2016.1155044 en Asian Ethnicity © 2016 Informa UK Limited. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in Asian Ethnicity, published by Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Informa UK Limited. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document.  The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2016.1155]. 22 p. application/pdf
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Yow, Cheun Hoe
Ethnic Chinese in Malaysian citizenship: gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy
description The ethnic Chinese in Malaysia are a significant minority who call for a critical assessment as far as their cultural identity and political positioning are concerned. Appropriating the concept of ‘multicultural citizenship’, this article attempts to dissect various demands and aspirations of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia’s multiracial hierarchy. It suggests that using the lens of multicultural citizenship can help shed light on Malaysian Chinese as well as the entire nation, where ethnicity and citizenship are gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy. In recent times, Malaysian Chinese have articulated their political desires and demands in order to get rid of the disgrace of racial constraints, and also to envisage a more inclusive multicultural citizenship for Malaysia as a nation-state. This article also compares and contrasts three Chinese public figures who have taken disparate stands and approaches with regard to language, culture, race, nation, and party politics.
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title_full Ethnic Chinese in Malaysian citizenship: gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy
title_fullStr Ethnic Chinese in Malaysian citizenship: gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy
title_full_unstemmed Ethnic Chinese in Malaysian citizenship: gridlocked in historical formation and political hierarchy
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