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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| author | Tan, Amanda Jia Qian |
| author2 | Laavanya Kathiravelu |
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| description | 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 lingo’ as well as the sociality, specifically friendship, within the kopitiam and its capacity to provide a sense of communal belonging in Urban Singapore. Using Goffman’s concept of dramaturgy, this paper demonstrates the construction of collective identity by performing the ‘local taste’ and embodying the ‘kopitiam lingo’. Also, in examining existing friendship ties within the kopitiam, this sociality sheds light on a sense of communal belonging that provides Singaporeans with intimacy and trust in urban diversity. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/788172019-12-10T11:38:59Z The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality Tan, Amanda Jia Qian Laavanya Kathiravelu School of Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology 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 lingo’ as well as the sociality, specifically friendship, within the kopitiam and its capacity to provide a sense of communal belonging in Urban Singapore. Using Goffman’s concept of dramaturgy, this paper demonstrates the construction of collective identity by performing the ‘local taste’ and embodying the ‘kopitiam lingo’. Also, in examining existing friendship ties within the kopitiam, this sociality sheds light on a sense of communal belonging that provides Singaporeans with intimacy and trust in urban diversity. Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 2019-06-28T08:39:26Z 2019-06-28T08:39:26Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78817 en 31 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology Tan, Amanda Jia Qian The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality |
| title | The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality |
| title_full | The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality |
| title_fullStr | The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality |
| title_full_unstemmed | The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality |
| title_short | The kopitiam in urban diversity : negotiating the performance of ‘local taste’, language and sociality |
| title_sort | kopitiam in urban diversity negotiating the performance of local taste language and sociality |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78817 |
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