Diasporas, Weddings and the Trajectories of Ethnicity by Terence Heng
In an age of increasingly fragmented migration, consumption and globalisation, how do diasporic individuals navigate their ethnic identities? Diasporas, Weddings and Trajectories of Ethnicity investigates the ways that Chinese Singaporeans shape their Chineseness through wedding rituals and artefacts."On the face of it, the idea of people ‘making’ their ethnicities may seem unremarkable, but there is nothing ordinary about Terence Heng’s bookThrough the use of wedding photography, Heng explores the ways in which Chinese Singaporeans engage in ‘taste performances’ associated with different forms of ethnic lifestyles. This original book will have inter-disciplinary appeal for both students and scholars of diaspora, ethnicity, and contested understandings of Chineseness."
Miri Song, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent
"This is a beautiful, poetic and visually stunning exploration of Chinese Singaporean transdiasporic ethnicity. Intimate and political at the same time, it unpacks wedding rituals, objects and photography for their deeper meanings and social significance in making ethnicity."
Caroline Knowles, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Terence Heng is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Visual Methods in the Field: Photography for the Social Sciences (2016) and Of Gods, Gifts and Ghosts: Spiritual Places in Urban Spaces (2020). His work has been featured in Area, The Sociological Review, Social and Cultural Geography, and Visual Communication, and is the 2015 winner of The Sociological Review’s Prize for Outstanding Scholarship.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780367338602 |
| ISBN 10 | 0367338602 |
| Title | Diasporas, Weddings and the Trajectories of Ethnicity |
| Author | Terence Heng |
| Series | Routledge Research In Race And Ethnicity |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2020-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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