Identity and Ethnic Relations in Southeast Asia

Focusing on the consequences of migration, and cultural contact between the various ethnic groups, this book describes and analyses the nature of ethnic identity and state of ethnic relations, both historically and in the present day, in Southeast Asia.

A comprehensive and comparative study of the Chinese in Southeast Asia Richly textured empirical data on the Chinese in contemporary Southeast Asia A rethinking of theories and approaches on identity and ethnic relations

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Racializing Chineseness.- Chapter 2: Rethinking Assimilation and Chineseness in Thailand.- Chapter 3: One Face, Many Masks: The Chinese in Singapore.- Chapter 4: Sama Makan tak Sama Makan: The Chinese in Malaysia.- Chapter 5: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Chinese in Indonesia.- Chapter 6: Half Chinese or Three Quarters Chinese: The Chinese in Contemporary Burma.- Chapter 7: A Love-Hate Relationship: The Chinese in Vietnam.- Chapter 8: Hybridization and Chineseness in the Philippines.- Chapter 9: Conclusion: Whither Chineseness?.- Bibliography