Singapore the state and the culture of excess
1. -- magic of the Singapore state -- 2. -- Trauma and the 'culture of excess' -- 3. -- 'Yellow culture', white peril -- 4. -- Pain, words, violence : the caning of Michael Fay -- 5. -- Oral sex, natural sex and national enjoyment -- 6. -- 'Talking cock' : food and the...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London, New York, NY
Routledge
2007
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Asia's transformations
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 1. -- magic of the Singapore state -- 2. -- Trauma and the 'culture of excess' -- 3. -- 'Yellow culture', white peril -- 4. -- Pain, words, violence : the caning of Michael Fay -- 5. -- Oral sex, natural sex and national enjoyment -- 6. -- 'Talking cock' : food and the art of lying -- 7. -- I not stupid : localism, bad translation, catharsis -- 8. -- nation after history -- 9. -- Epilogue : useless pragmatism. "Singapore traverses several fields of study, taking up ideas and frameworks from philosophy, psychology, political science, cultural studies and anthropology in order to tell the larger 'truth' about the Singapore state. As such, this book will appeal to anyone interested in Singapore and Asian studies alike."--Jacket |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (S. [201] - 205) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 209 S. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0415417120 0-415-41712-0 0415417112 0-415-41711-2 9780415417129 978-0-415-41712-9 9780415417112 978-0-415-41711-2 |