Politics of the Temporary An Ethnography of Migrant Life in Urban Malaysia

• Main Author: Parthiban Muniandy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Petaling Jaya Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD) 2015
• Subjects: Immigrants > Malaysia; Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > Malaysia; Politics and government > Malaysia
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In cities like Kuala Lumpur and George Town, workers from Indonesia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, the Philippines, Vietnam and China contribute in seen and unseen ways to the lives of others. They are the servers and cooks in restaurants, maids and nannies in homes, street cleaners, construction worker...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I : Restaurants, cafes, culture and identity
• Part II : Race, ethnicity and street politics
• Part III : Quiet encroachments and tortured smiles.