“The rise of the merlion“: Monument and myth in the making of the Singapore story

Theorizing the Southeast Asian City as Text: Urban Landscapes, Cultural Documents, and Interpretative Experiences

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 29-50

  Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a,b,c   Chang, T C ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84968903159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812791283_0003     Document Type: Chapter

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