Modern Dreams

Beng-Lan Goh
Cornell University Press
 9780877277309
0-87727-730-3

A fascinating ethnographic study of the cultural politics of urban redevelopment in Kampung Serani, one Penang community, in the 1990s. Through interviews, newspaper reports, and other records, Goh considers.

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changing notions of culture, ethnic identity, and urban space.