Modern Dreams : : An Inquiry into Power, Cultural Production, and the Cityscape in Contemporary Urban Penang, Malaysia / / Beng-Lan Goh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Goh, Beng-Lan,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table Of Contents --; Acronyms --; Tables --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter One: Introduction --; Chapter Two: Southeast Asian Modernity Reconsidered --; Chapter Three: Nation, Ethnicity, Class, And The Changing Cityscape In Modern Malaysia --; Chapter Four: From Kampung To Condominium --; Chapter Five: Kampung Serani Residents' Battle In Vain --; Chapter Six: The Politics Of Portuguese-Eurasian Identity Constructions In The Kampung Serani Conflict --; Chapter Seven: The Juggernaut Of Growth And The Kampung Serani Conflict --; Chapter Eight: Property Developers And The Kampung Serani Conflict --; Chapter Nine: Conclusion --; Appendices
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501719196; 9783110649772; 9783110536157; 9783110638721
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501719196
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Beng-Lan Goh.

A fascinating ethnographic study of the cultural politics of urban redevelopment in Kampung Serani, one Penang community, in the 1990s. Through interviews, newspaper reports, and other records, Goh considers changing notions of culture, ethnic identity, and urban space.