The irreducible otherness of desi and desire in Singapore’s gurdwaras: Moral boundary-making in the shadows of a multicultural society

• Main Authors: WOODS, Orlando, KONG, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Sikhs; subjective multiculturalisms; moral boundary-making; migrant workers; shadows; Singapore.; Asian Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/127; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1126/viewcontent/IrreducibleOthernessDesi_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article considers the emergence of new multiculturalisms taking root in Asia by exploring how value-based frameworks and moral judgements are deployed to create new lines of difference within co-ethnic communities. These frameworks and judgements cause multiculturalism to become a more subjecti...