Staging Indigenous Heritage: Instrumentalisation, Brokerage, and Representation in Malaysia

Author:   Yunci Cai (University of Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367536916


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   29 April 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Yunci Cai (University of Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780367536916


ISBN 10:   0367536919
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   29 April 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Historicising Indigeneity in Malaysia Chapter 3: Capacity-building as a modern civilising mission Chapter 4: Indigeneity as an intractable double-bind Chapter 5: Appropriation, reinvention, and contestation of Indigenous heritage Chapter 6: The big man as arbitrator of heritage Chapter 7: Conclusion

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""Staging Indigenous Heritage is filled with detailed ethnographic notes on various rituals and cultural practices within the four case studies that will be of interest to scholars interested in learning more about the dynamics within indigenous community groups in Malaysia. It also serves to inform future Asia development studies projects on the issues on the brokerage system."" --Roslynn Ang, Independent scholar, Singapore


"""Staging Indigenous Heritage is filled with detailed ethnographic notes on various rituals and cultural practices within the four case studies that will be of interest to scholars interested in learning more about the dynamics within indigenous community groups in Malaysia. It also serves to inform future Asia development studies projects on the issues on the brokerage system."" --Roslynn Ang, Independent scholar, Singapore"


Staging Indigenous Heritage is filled with detailed ethnographic notes on various rituals and cultural practices within the four case studies that will be of interest to scholars interested in learning more about the dynamics within indigenous community groups in Malaysia. It also serves to inform future Asia development studies projects on the issues on the brokerage system. --Roslynn Ang, Independent scholar, Singapore


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Yunci Cai is Lecturer in Museum Studies and Co-Director of the MA/MSc in the Heritage and Interpretation (Distance Learning) programme at the University of Leicester, UK. She is a critical heritage and museum studies scholar, specialising in the cultural politics and museologies in and of Asia.

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