| ID | 116598 |
| Title Proper | Going global and staying local |
| Other Title Information | nation-building discourses in Singapore's cultural policies |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chang, Pi-Chun |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Utilizing the 'Singapore Story', this study will explore cultural policies implemented and aimed towards cosmopolitanism, and how these policies have affected the international arts scene, which has led to a polarization within the community by excluding the elderly and disadvantaged members of the population from participating. Singapore's cultural policy has served the function of nation-building and at the same time goes with globalisation and thus calls for constructing a cosmopolitan yet patriotic citizen in terms of identity. This article considers the role of nationalism as a guide to the understanding of cultural policy discourses and argues that a top-down cosmopolitan construction of national identity in cultural policy discourses lacks representation of people's daily life. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 19, No.6; Nov 2012: p.691-707 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 19, No.6; Nov 2012: p.691-707 |
| Key Words | Cultural Policy ; Nationalism ; Singaporean Identity ; Nation - Building ; Cosmopolitanism ; Singapore Story |