A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore
This thesis will look at literary works by authors of two different generations, who both represent the effe.cts of cultural dislocation in Singapore. The paper will focus specifically on the fragmentation of people from their ethnic identity, inter-ethnic tensions and the estrangement between peo...
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| author | Sutherson, Sunil Ebenezer |
| author2 | Wee Wan-Ling, Christopher Justin |
| author_facet | Wee Wan-Ling, Christopher Justin Sutherson, Sunil Ebenezer |
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| description | This thesis will look at literary works by authors of two different generations, who both represent the effe.cts of cultural dislocation in Singapore. The paper will focus specifically on the fragmentation of people from their ethnic identity, inter-ethnic tensions and the estrangement between people of different social backgrounds. The paper will show that there is a clear continuity in this theme from the 1980s to the 21st Century. While the theme continues, the nature of the dislocation and how it is expressed changes from the 1980s to the 21st Century. The theme is treated differently by the respective authors as well. Both writers argue how because of the ruling party's version of modernization, cultural dislocation is inevitably perpetuated in the multicultural Singapore space, while both writers assert the futility in conquering the alienation, at certain junctures suggest the power of deep human
connections in overcoming it. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/655012019-12-10T13:57:05Z A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore Sutherson, Sunil Ebenezer Wee Wan-Ling, Christopher Justin School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::History This thesis will look at literary works by authors of two different generations, who both represent the effe.cts of cultural dislocation in Singapore. The paper will focus specifically on the fragmentation of people from their ethnic identity, inter-ethnic tensions and the estrangement between people of different social backgrounds. The paper will show that there is a clear continuity in this theme from the 1980s to the 21st Century. While the theme continues, the nature of the dislocation and how it is expressed changes from the 1980s to the 21st Century. The theme is treated differently by the respective authors as well. Both writers argue how because of the ruling party's version of modernization, cultural dislocation is inevitably perpetuated in the multicultural Singapore space, while both writers assert the futility in conquering the alienation, at certain junctures suggest the power of deep human connections in overcoming it. Master of Arts (HSS) 2015-10-09T06:34:39Z 2015-10-09T06:34:39Z 2015 2015 Thesis Sutherson, S. E. (2015). A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore. Master's thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65501 zh 116 p. application/pdf |
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| title | A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore |
| title_full | A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore |
| title_fullStr | A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore |
| title_full_unstemmed | A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore |
| title_short | A perpetual sense of loss-cultural dislocation in Singapore |
| title_sort | perpetual sense of loss cultural dislocation in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities::History |
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