Cultural Citizenship in Island Southeast Asia: Nation and Belonging in the Hinterlands

by Ming-Cheng M. Lo

Book Overview

Nation-building and the construction of citizenship, so often conducted--or coerced--from the center, are all too commonly studied from the center as well. This book moves the view of cultural citizenship to the periphery--specifically to the perspective of hinterland groups in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sarawak, East Malaysia--to show that notions of nationhood and citizenship are not given, but created in dialogue between the state and local...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520227484
• ISBN13: 9780520227484
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"