Wee, Vivienne. 1976. ‘Buddhism’ in Singapore, in Hassan, R (ed), Singapore: society in transition... more Wee, Vivienne. 1976. ‘Buddhism’ in Singapore, in Hassan, R (ed), Singapore: society in transition. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, pp. 155–188. Reprinted 1997 in Tan, ES et al (eds), Understanding Singapore society. Singapore: Times Academic Press, pp. 130–162.
Wee, Vivienne. 1976. ‘Buddhism’ in Singapore, in Hassan, R (ed), Singapore: society in transition... more Wee, Vivienne. 1976. ‘Buddhism’ in Singapore, in Hassan, R (ed), Singapore: society in transition. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, pp. 155–188. Reprinted 1997 in Tan, ES et al (eds), Understanding Singapore society. Singapore: Times Academic Press, pp. 130–162.
... Vivienne Wee ... As Ong (1999:18) has noted, such a discourse expresses Chinese triumphalism,... more ... Vivienne Wee ... As Ong (1999:18) has noted, such a discourse expresses Chinese triumphalism, amounting to a re-orientalisation of "Chineseness." On the other hand, this kind of discourse can also feed revived fears of the so-called "yellow peril." The collection of articles in this ...
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... played, as their countries have become world leaders in growth and key members of an increasi... more ... played, as their countries have become world leaders in growth and key members of an increasing integrated global workforce." Under these circumstances, women's occupational health is facing many challenges: ... The Gendered Impact of Globalization on Women's Health ...
This paper discusses heritage issues in Singapore within a temporal framework. We utilise a tempo... more This paper discusses heritage issues in Singapore within a temporal framework. We utilise a temporal framework in order to analyse changing relations between three social phenomena -- heritage, state and society. Our argument is that “heritage”, “state” and “society” are social formations that need to be analysed in specific contexts of time and space; they are not statically frozen in an unchanging time warp. We need to problematise these changing social phenomena, rather than reify these as unproblematic givens. In the first part of this paper, we explore pre-European concepts of “heritage” in the context of indigenous state and society. We consider how these concepts changed during the British colonial period, as well as how the cultural content of “heritage” diversified during this period to include migrant elements. In the second part of this paper, we take the pre-independence evolution of “heritage” as a benchmark for the Republic of Singapore in its process of “nation-building”. We examine how even within a political structure of almost six decades, relations between heritage, state and society have evolved such that, most recently, middle ground has emerged, enabling interaction in the shaping of heritage for a common future.
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