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Rites of Belonging: Memory, Modernity, and Identity in a Malaysian Chinese Community Jean DeBernardi
Rites of Belonging: Memory, Modernity, and Identity in a Malaysian Chinese Community
Jean DeBernardi
In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life.
336 pages, 26 illustrations, 5 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 19, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804744867 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 571 g |