Reconstructing Identities: A Social History of the Babas in SingaporeAshgate, 1998 - 507 halaman The aim of this text is to provide a social history of the Babas in Singapore. It describes and analyzes social, political and cultural aspects of their identities by taking into account the conceptual history of Baba designations from 1819-1994. It argues that defining the Babas is misleading, it is more meaningful to adopt a socio-historical approach that differentiates spaciotemporally-distinct Baba identities. Such an approach is usually avoided not only in research on the Babas, but in many other sociological, anthropological or historical studies. It concludes that there is no such thing as a Baba identity, it has always been in flux and needs to be reconstructed taking seriously the conceptual history. The two crucial turning-points in the history of the Babas, namely the Japanese occupation (1942-1945) and self-rule (1959) led to public emphasis on their culture. Prior emphasis on their former status as a political and economic elite have been hitherto neglected. Taking into account all aspects (legal, political, economic, cultural, linguistic, religious) of Baba identities leads us to a fascinating trajectory of a potential group. |
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Approaching the Babas | 25 |
A Social and Political History of the Singapore Babas | 74 |
Occupation 18941941 | 111 |
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19th century Anonymous Baba culture Baba identity Baba Malay Baba wedding baju panjang became British subjects Chee Beng Cheng Lock Chin China China-born Chinese British Association Chinese in Singapore Ching Clammer colonial concept dondang sayang Dr Lim Boon emphasis added English English-educated ethnic Felix Chia Hokkien ibid immigrants Indonesian intermarriages interview Japanese Occupation kebaya Kenneth Cheo kueh language Lee Kip Lin Lee Liang Hye Lim Boon Keng Lim's local-born Chinese Malacca Malaya Malaysia marriage married material culture Melaka mother tongue non-Baba Chinese Nyonya onwards Pakir Penang Peranakan Association Peranakan culture Peranakan Place personal communication political quoted in ST sarong kebaya SCBA Seng Singapore Babas Singapore Chinese Singaporean sinkehs social Song O.S. Song Ong Siang Speak Mandarin Straits Chinese Straits Chinese British Straits Settlements Straits-born Chinese SunT T.W. Ong Tan Cheng Lock Teochew traditional William Gwee women Yong C.F.