Malaysia's New Ethnoscapes and Ways of Belonging

Gaik Khoo, Julian Lee

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    Abstract

    This book provides a picture of a globalized Malaysia where its conventionally-conceived multi-ethnic composition of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Others rub shoulders with or interact more intimately on a daily basis with transnational ethnoscapes of migrant workers, asylum seekers, international students, and foreign spouses. It asks how, as Malaysians become wedded to their citizenship, they extend the same awareness of rights and claims to non-citizens such as African international students, the Indonesian maids who look after their children, and the Chins and stateless Rohingyas who populate the landscape as refugees and undocumented workers. What are the possibilities of forming cosmopolitan solidarities with non-Malaysians? And what are the newcomers strategies for place-making and belonging? And to bring the discussions of citizenship in Malaysia into relief, it is also asked how Malaysians abroad seek to enact and make meaningful their Malaysian citizenship. A diversity of experiences shapes the narratives in the chapters: of racialization, rejection, boundary-making and exclusivity, resilience and adaptation.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationAbingdon and New York
    PublisherRoutledge
    Number of pages136
    Volume1
    Edition1
    ISBN (Print)9781138937901
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Publication series

    NameCitizenship Studies

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