Performing Chineseness in multicultural Singapore: A discussion on selected literary and cultural texts

Asian Ethnicity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-238

  Quah, Sy Ren ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chineseness; Literature; Performance; Singapore; Singapore ballads; Theatre

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450030933     PISSN: 14631369     EISSN: 14692953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631360903189583     Document Type: Article

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