Part I of Rites of Belonging focuses on the conjuncture between Chinese and British in colonial Penang. The author closely analyzes the 1857 Guanyin Temple Riots and conflicts leading to the suppression of the Chinese sworn brotherhoods. Part II investigates the conjuncture between Chinese and Malays in contemporary Malaysia, and the revitalization in the 1970s and 1980s of Chinese popular religious culture.
Part I of Rites of Belonging focuses on the conjuncture between Chinese and British in colonial Penang. The author closely analyzes the 1857 Guanyin Temple Riots and conflicts leading to the suppression of the Chinese sworn brotherhoods. Part II investigates the conjuncture between Chinese and Malays in contemporary Malaysia, and the revitalization in the 1970s and 1980s of Chinese popular religious culture.
Rites of Belonging: Memory, Modernity, and Identity in a Malaysian Chinese Community
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780804744867 |
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Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
Publication date: | 02/19/2004 |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d) |