The return of Aliran to the lexicon of Indonesian politics by Sebastian, Leonard C.

“…It is really the skillful application of quantitative methods to the study of identity politics and polarization that the author seems to want to emphasize in this book. …”
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East Asian pop culture and the trajectory of Asian consumption by Wee, C. J. Wan-Ling

“…Chua’s work is also distinctive in that it deals with the political and economic conditions that underpin mainstream pop consumption as a socio-cultural phenomenon, instead of examining consumption as identity politics. The article concludes by noting the significance that Chua as an institutional builder has played in enabling the study of East Asian pop culture in the region.…”
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Negotiating antifascist solidarity across ethnic difference in Myanmar: Bhamo Tin Aung’s Yoma Taikbwe by Campbell, Stephen

“…These developments coincided with the flourishing of so-called new wars, in Myanmar and elsewhere, organized around identity politics rather than ideology. For liberal critics, such developments confirmed a belief that leftist projects could only ever be an authoritarian imposition over ascriptive ethnic difference. …”
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Beyond the Color Line: Intersectional Considerations in Chuah Guat Eng's Fiction by Sim, Wai Chew

“…Articulatedprimarily through identity politics (the politics of recognition), culturalism’s selfunderstandingkeeps at a distance other forms of social justice commitmentsincluding class struggle. …”
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