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The Cultural Identity of the Chinese-Malays in Brunei: Acculturation and Hybridity

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dc.contributor.authorNur Shawatriqah Binti Hj Md Sahrifulhafiz and Chang-Yau Hoon
dc.contributor.editorProfessor Lian Kwen Fee
dc.contributor.editorDr. F. Merlin Franco
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-11T01:22:39Z
dc.date.available2025-11-11T01:22:39Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the ways in which Bruneians who are born into a Chinese-Malay family define their identity, how the state classifies them in terms of “race”, how they negotiate their bicultural practices, and what challenges they face while growing up. It argues that possibly due to their relatively small population and due to the hegemonic force of assimilation, the Chinese-Malay community in Brunei has not developed a distinct hybrid identity like their Peranakan counterparts in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Nonetheless, by examining the experience of inbetweenness among these biracial subjects, the paper alludes to the power relations that define the boundaries of exclusion and inclusion, belonging and non-belonging.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ubd.edu.bn/handle/123456789/3641
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
dc.relation.ispartofseries42
dc.subject.lcshChinese Malays—Brunei—Ethnic identity
dc.subject.lcshAcculturation—Brunei
dc.subject.lcshCultural hybridity—Brunei
dc.subject.lcshBiculturalism—Brunei
dc.subject.lcshRace relations—Brunei
dc.titleThe Cultural Identity of the Chinese-Malays in Brunei: Acculturation and Hybridity
dc.typeWorking Paper
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