Malaysia’s New Ethnoscapes and Ways of Belonging
Coordonnateurs : Khoo Gaik Cheng, Lee Julian C.H.
This book provides a picture of a globalized Malaysia where its conventionally-conceived multi-ethnic composition of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Others rub shoulders with or interact more intimately on a daily basis with transnational ethnoscapes of migrant workers, asylum seekers, international students, and foreign spouses. It asks how, as Malaysians become wedded to their citizenship, they extend the same awareness of rights and claims to non-citizens such as African international students, the Indonesian maids who look after their children, and the Chins and stateless Rohingyas who populate the landscape as refugees and undocumented workers. What are the possibilities of forming cosmopolitan solidarities with non-Malaysians? And what are the newcomers? strategies for place-making and belonging? And to bring the discussions of citizenship in Malaysia into relief, it is also asked how Malaysians abroad seek to enact and make meaningful their Malaysian citizenship. A diversity of experiences shapes the narratives in the chapters: of racialization, rejection, boundary-making and exclusivity, resilience and adaptation.
This book was published as a special issue of Citizenship Studies.
Gaik Cheng Khoo teaches Film and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. She publishes on Malaysian film, food and identity.
Julian C.H. Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, and member of the Centre for Global Research, RMIT University. He publishes on Malaysian civil society, democracy and multiculturalism.
Date de parution : 08-2015
17.4x24.6 cm
Date de parution : 06-2017
17.4x24.6 cm
Thèmes de Malaysia’s New Ethnoscapes and Ways of Belonging :
Mots-clés :
Citizenship Studies; transnational migration; Malaysian Citizens; acts of citizenship; Kuala Lumpur; refugees; Chin Refugees; Malaysia; Young Men; cosmopolitanism; Graduated Sovereignty; Taiwanese Wives; Indonesian Domestic Workers; African International Students; Civil Society; Overseas Malaysians; United Malays National Organisation; Bersih Rallies; Social Visit Passes; Foreign Spouses; Domestic Work Arrangements; Malaysian Employers; PR Application; Social Reproduction; Cosmopolitan Solidarity; NGO Intervention; Marriage Migrants; Chinese Malaysian; Stateless Rohingya; Urban Social Landscapes