{"product_id":"the-politics-of-landscapes-in-singapore-constructions-of-nation-paperback-1","title":"The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore: Constructions of Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLily Kong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBrenda S. a. Yeoh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking book explores strategies employed by Singapore, a multiracial society, to create a Singapore \"nation\" with an emphasis on the role of landscape. As such, the authors cast keen eye on religious buildings, public housing, heritage landscapes, and street name changes as tangible methods of nation-building in a postcolonial society. The authors illustrate how \"nation\" and \"national identity\" are concepts that are negotiated and disputed by varied social, economic, and political groups--some of which may actively resist powerfuI state-centrist attitudes. Throughout this work, the role of the landscape prevails both as a way to naturalize state ideologies and as a means of providing possibilities for reinterpretation in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLily Kong\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Geography and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. Among numerous publications, she coauthored \u003ci\u003eSingapore: A Developmental City State \u003c\/i\u003eand coedited \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and The Asia-Pacific: Contested Territories.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda S. A. Yeoh\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSingapore: A \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevelopmental City-State, \u003c\/i\u003eco-editor of \u003ci\u003eGender and Migration\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eCommunity and Change: The Tanjong Pagar Community Club Story.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731752415539,"sku":"9780815629801","price":39.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NTd6ZHh6QmVmK00wWk9mbzNrZXVwZz09_16f17fea-580f-4e0b-b7ea-0157f2d9f549.webp?v=1763866918","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-politics-of-landscapes-in-singapore-constructions-of-nation-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}