The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality

This paper explores the present day kopitiam as a symbolic space of urban diversity and communal dining in light of globalisation and its aftermath. By adopting an ethnographic approach, this paper studies the negotiation of a collective identity through the performance of taste and the ‘kopitiam li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tan, Amanda Jia Qian
Other Authors: Laavanya Kathiravelu
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78817