Malay-Muslim spirits and Malaysian capitalist modernity: A study of keramat propitiation among property developers in Penang

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-321

  Goh, Beng Lan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Ethnicity; Malaysia; Post colonial urbanism; Religion; Spirit cult

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ISLAMISM; POST-COLONIALISM; PROPERTY MARKET; RELIGION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 29144481560     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2005.00288.x     Document Type: Review

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