Singapore’s Chinatown: Nation building and heritage tourism in a multiracial city
This paper focuses on the pivotal role played by the state in refashioning the Chinatown landscape as part of both nation-building and heritage tourism projects, and the ensuing cultural politics. After a brief history of the creation of Singapore’s Chinatown, the paper discusses, first, Chinatown’s...
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Main Authors: | Yeoh, Brenda S. A., KONG, Lily |
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Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2250 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3507/viewcontent/2_4.pdf |
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