Singapore’s Chinatown: Nation building and heritage tourism in a multiracial city

• Main Authors: Yeoh, Brenda S. A., KONG, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Ethnic Enclave; Historic District; Politics of Place; Nation-Building; Heritage Tourism; Singapore; Asian Studies; Human Geography; Urban Studies
• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...