This book shows how power relations that define and challenge the
concept of "nation" are played out in and through landscapes.
Has the era of globalization neutralized the institution of
"nation?" This thought-provoking book focuses on attempts to build
"nation" through landscape. Specifically, it explores strategies
employed by Singapore, a multiracial society, to create a Singapore
"nation" with an emphasis on the role of landscapes. As such, the
authors cast a keen eye on religious buildings, public housing,
heritage landscapes, and street name changes as tangible methods of
nation-building in a postcolonial society.
The authors point out that notions of "identity" and "nation"
are social constructs rooted in history. They then illustrate how
"nation" and "national identity" are concepts that are negotiated
and disputed by varied social, economic, and political groups --
some of which may actively resist powerful state-centrist
attitudes. Throughout this work, the role of the landscape prevails
both as a way to naturalize state ideologies and as a means of
providing possibilities for reinterpretation in everyday life.
Insightful and informative, this is a crucial reference for
geographers as well as scholars of international political economy,
postcolonial and cultural studies, and Asian history.
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