The Asian Modern - Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore : Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore

Foreword vii Chua Beng Huat Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1(14) The Asian Modern 15(16) Part 1 Deterritorialisation 31(68) The `Modern' Construction of Postcolonial Singapore 33(20) Economic Development and the National Narrative 53(24) The Homogenised Urban Environment and Locality 77(22) Part 2 Reterritorialisation 99(44) The State, Ethnic Identity and Capitalism 101(20) Staging Cultural Fragments, the Singaporean Eunuch and the Asian Lear 121(22) Epilogue Disciplinary Modernisation, the Asian Economic Crisis and Re-Invention 143(18) Notes 161(36) Selected Bibliography 197(10) Index 207