A curious trajectory of interrace relations: the transformation of cosmopolitan Malay port polities into the multiethnic divisions of modern Malaysia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2017.1307688" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2017.1307688</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2017.1307688" target="_blank" >10.1080/14631369.2017.1307688</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A curious trajectory of interrace relations: the transformation of cosmopolitan Malay port polities into the multiethnic divisions of modern Malaysia
Original language description
This article aims to examine several interrelated issues pertaining to the historical development of pluralism in areas forming today´s Malaysia. Firstly, it intends to analyze the transformation of the formerly cosmopolitan populations of Malay port polities into the highly ‘racialized’ society of modern Malaysia. It also seeks to clarify the roots of ethnicity-based issues and relations in the country. Lastly, it attempts to challenge the very concept of Malaysia as a society primarily consisting of three ethnic pillars, dominated by the Malays, and ‘complemented’ by the Chinese and the Indians. I argue that the main driving force behind these tensions is the segregational colonial policies and the postcolonial arrangements of the Malay ethnocentrist governments, rather than ethnic and cultural factors as the ruling politicians tend to stress. I also contend that religious issues, especially those stemming from the dakwah movement, are gradually becoming an increasingly important factor in interrace strife.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50404 - Anthropology, ethnology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Asian Ethnicity
ISSN
1463-1369
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
59-80
UT code for WoS article
000435393400004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85017113765