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Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia
The social and economic transformation of Asia has been closely associated with
the rise of the new rich. These mostly successful capitalists and salaried
professionals have influenced not only the economic changes in the region, but also
the cultural restructuring that has accompanied these changes.
Through a range of social settings–village, factory, city, nation, diaspora and
region–this book looks at the cultural changes in national, ethnic, religious and
class identities. The authors employ case studies from Singapore, China,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Indonesia and break new ground
with their documentation and analyses of privilege in capitalist Asia. The book also
employs a strong theoretical component that questions the approaches to be found
in other studies of the new rich.
The contributions to Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia include a variety of
approaches and subject-matter. All testify not only to the powerful structural
positions occupied by the new rich, but also to the contentious cultural relations
through which the new rich have become a powerful social force in Asia.
Michael Pinches is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of
Western Australia, Perth, and President of the Philippines Studies Association of
Australia.