Yearning to Belong : : Malaysia's Indian Muslims, Chitties, Portuguese Eurasians, Peranakan Chinese and Baweanese /

Yearning to Belong : : Malaysia's Indian Muslims, Chitties, Portuguese Eurasians, Peranakan Chinese and Baweanese / / Patrick Pillai.

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Malaysia is among the most ethnically diverse and culturally rich nations on earth. Yet much of its cultural wealth lies buried beneath the rubric of its main Malay, Chinese and Indian "race" categories; the dazzling diversity within and outside these groups remains largely unexplored. Thi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
VerfasserIn:
Pillai, Patrick,
MitwirkendeR:
Faruqi, Shad Saleem,
Shamsul, A.B.,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. "Mamak" and Malaysian: The Indian Muslim Quest for Identity
  • 2. The Chitty of Malacca: An Epitome of Cross-Cultural Influences
  • 3. Bumiquest: Malacca's Portuguese Eurasians and the Search for Identity
  • 4. Between "Cina-Kampung" and "Cheng-Ho" Chinese: Terengganu's Peranakans
  • 5. "Mereka Sayang Kita": The Malay Journey of the Baweanese
  • 6. Conclusion
  • APPENDIX. Towards a Shared Malaysian Destiny
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GLOSSARY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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