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Retracing the Political Construction of Race and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia and Singapore: Career of a Concept

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dc.contributor.authorLian Kwen Fee
dc.contributor.editorProfessor Lian Kwen Fee
dc.contributor.editorAssociate Professor Paul J. Carnegie
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-10T06:23:39Z
dc.date.available2025-11-10T06:23:39Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I trace the development of my work on race and ethnicity over my academic career, as a reflection in part of my biographical background. My interest in race and ethnic relations originated from my experience of the race riots in Kuala Lumpur on May 13th in 1969, subsequently grounded in graduate school in New Zealand where I conducted research on the Chinese and the Maoris. My early work on returning to Singapore was on Malay identity in the region. It moved on later to writing about the marginalization of Tamils as an underclass in Malaysia and then a broader consideration of race, class, and politics in Peninsular Malaysia precipitated by the General Election of 2008. Since the 1990s the representation of race and politics has pre-occupied many social science discourses, which is reflected in my work on the politics of racialization and Malay identity in Singapore.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ubd.edu.bn/handle/123456789/3627
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
dc.relation.ispartofseries53
dc.subject.lcshRace—Political aspects—Malaysia
dc.subject.lcshRace—Political aspects—Singapore
dc.subject.lcshEthnicity—Malaysia
dc.subject.lcshEthnicity—Singapore
dc.subject.lcshMinorities—Government policy—Malaysia
dc.titleRetracing the Political Construction of Race and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia and Singapore: Career of a Concept
dc.typeWorking Paper
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