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Identity politics of being and becoming of the Chetti Melaka in Singapore
David, Neo1, Varghese, Mary2.
The objective of this paper is to explore identity politics in the representations of the
Chetti Melaka identity at a one-day symposium entitled The Lost Tribe of Chetti Melaka
– Who Are We? in Singapore. The paper focusses on three speakers whom we found most
engaged in identity politics in their presentation at the symposium. Engaging with Stuart
Hall’s ideas of “being” and “becoming” and Farish Noor’s ideas of “fluid Peranakanness,”
we employ discourse analysis to explore the sense of displacement seen at the
symposium and Chetti identity in Singapore. Our discussion and findings reveal the
interesting minoritisation dynamics of the Chetti Melaka in terms of ethnic and national
identity, particularly in the context of modern, postcolonial, globalised and cosmopolitan
Singapore.
Affiliation:
- Taylor's University, Malaysia
- Taylor's University, Malaysia
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0.333 (SJR) |
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