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Singapore: The State and the Culture of Excess

Name: Singapore: The State and the Culture of Excess
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ISBN: 9780415417112

by Yao; Souchou

ISBN13:
9780415417112
ISBN10:
0415417112
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2006-12-26
Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Taking ideas and frameworks from philosophy, psychology, political science, cultural studies and anthropology, this book tells the larger '¬~truth' about the Singapore state.

Author Biography

Souchou Yao is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney

Preface and acknowledgements	p. xi
The magic of the Singapore State	p. 1
Trauma and the 'culture of excess'	p. 28
'Yellow culture', white peril	p. 50
Pain, words, violence: the caning of Michael Fay	p. 75
Oral sex, natural sex and national enjoyment	p. 97
'Talking cock': food and the art of lying	p. 121
I Not Stupid: localism, bad translation, catharsis	p. 140
The nation after history	p. 159
Epilogue: useless pragmatism	p. 178
Notes	p. 190
References	p. 201
Index	p. 206
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