CULTURAL CHAMELEONS - PORTUGUESE EURASIAN STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL IN POSTCOLONIAL MALAYSIA

Authors
SARKISSIAN M
Citation
M. Sarkissian, CULTURAL CHAMELEONS - PORTUGUESE EURASIAN STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL IN POSTCOLONIAL MALAYSIA, Journal of Southeast Asian studies, 28(2), 1997, pp. 249
Citations number
29
Journal title
Journal of Southeast Asian studies → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224634
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4634(1997)28:2<249:CC-PES>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This article documents the shifting identity over time of a single Mal aysian ethnic minority, the Portuguese Eurasian community of Malacca. Through a close examination of three pivotal historical moments (1952, 1969, and 1995), it shows how cultural phenomena (in this case, music and dance) play key roles in the projection of new public images.