Race and Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore

Daniel P. S. Goh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.Matilda Gabrielpillai is Assistant Professor in Literature at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Philip Holden is Associate Professor of English Literature at the National University of Singapore. His latest book is Autobiography and Decolonization: Modernity, Masculinity, and the Nation-State (2008).Gaik Cheng Khoo is a Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality and Culture at the Australian National University. She recently published Reclaiming Adat: Contemporary Malaysian Film and Literature (2006).

• Introduction: Postcoloniality, Race and Multiculturalism Daniel P.S. Goh and Philip Holden Part 1: Postcolony and Cosmopolis 1. A Literary History of Race: Reading Singapore Literature in English in an Historical Frame Philip Holden 2. Malaysian History Textbooks and the Discourse of Ketuanan Melayu Helen Ting 3. Eyes Turned Towards China: Postcolonial Mimicry, Transcultural Elitism and Singapore Chineseness Daniel P.S. Goh 4. Pick and Mix for a Global City: Race and Cosmopolitanism in Singapore Angelia Poon 5. Makkal Sakti: The Hindraf Effect, Race and Postcolonial Democracy in Malaysia Vijay Devadas Part 2: Representing Race, Performing Multiculturalism 6. Reading the Films of Independent Filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad: Cosmopolitanism, Sufi Islam and Malay Subjectivity Gaik Cheng Khoo 7. Racial Stereotypes in Singapore Films: Commercial Value and Critical Possibilities Kenneth Paul Tan 8. The Singapore Indian Woman: A Symptom in the Quest for Chinese Identity Matilda Gabrielpillai 9. Deghettoizing Subcultures: The Multicultural Evolution of Mat Rock in Singapore Kelly Fu and Liew Kai Khuin 10. Bhangra and the Reconstruction of ‘Punjabi-ness’ in Multiracial Singapore Charanpal S. Bal 11. The Art of Race: Rethinking Malaysian Identity through the Art of Wong Hoy Cheong Michelle Antoinette. Conclusion: Toward a Critical Multiculturalism Daniel P.S. Goh