Description
Book SynopsisThe Village and Its Discontents: Meaning and Criticism in Late Modernity is a hopeful collection of essays about villages in Southeast Asia and across the world. The 'village' is an idea, a construct, and a way of organising society. Villages constitute the basic unit of analyses in the arts, humanities and the social sciences, and these issues are presented through the collection of essays featured in this book. The contributors hope to generate interest in studying villages, to understand the meanings that attach themselves to the concept of the village, and to gain greater insights into multidisciplinary knowledge and analyses in today's highly developed global society.
Table of ContentsForeword (Tommy Koh); Introduction to the Architectionics of the Village (Antonio Rappa); Language as a Domain in the Village (Lionel Wee); Singapore's Last Village - Urbanisation and the Environment (Caitlin Pan); The Ancient/Modern Village of Cambodia (Alvin Lim & Widoyo); An African Village on the Edge of the Boko Haram (Alvin Lim); Chicken Rice Village: Food, Sexuality, and Homosexuality in Singapore (Regina Lee); Urbanisation and Rural Development in China (Guan Chong); The Tai Village: The Concept of Kwampentai in Modern Thai Villages (Antonio Rappa); Pepatah Melayu and Adat Berkampung: Values, Rights and Responsibilities in a Kampong as Depicted in Malay Sayings (Lim Beng Soon); About the Contributors;
