Negotiating Language, Constructing Race: Disciplining Difference in Singapore

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Negotiating Language, Constructing Race

Disciplining Difference in Singapore

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1998

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I-VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	VII
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	IX
‘Nation’ and ‘Race’: realms of problematic possibilities for language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Race-ing language: the institutionalisation of ‘Chinese’, ‘Malay’, and ‘Indian’ in Singapore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
Talk about language: from political project to daily life positionings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Language on the life trajectory: Everyday Life contexts, relevances and practices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
The mother tongue: male texts and female readings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	132
Second language: official bilingualism brought home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	174
Disciplining difference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	230
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	283

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November 21, 2011

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May 18, 2000

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Reprint 2011

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294

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110804454

eBook ISBN: 9783110804454

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