Volltext herunterladen
(externe Quelle)
Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0053
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
Marginalized Minorities in Malaysia? A Case Study of a Demolished Estate Hindu Temple in Penang
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract In the literature, Malaysian Indians, as minorities, are marginalized and discriminated against, while their agency is either conspicuously lacking or one-dimensional. As a result, the mainstream discourse concerning Malaysian Indians is discursive and renders them subordinate. I argue that despite ... mehr
In the literature, Malaysian Indians, as minorities, are marginalized and discriminated against, while their agency is either conspicuously lacking or one-dimensional. As a result, the mainstream discourse concerning Malaysian Indians is discursive and renders them subordinate. I argue that despite the marginalization and discrimination, grassroots Malaysian Indian Hindus are not powerless. With a case study of a demolished estate Hindu temple in Penang, I unpack their agential compliance and lack of confrontation when the state government destroyed their community temple. Their agential responses reflect their diverse political and social experiences as minorities and the myriad ways of interpreting the political rivalry between the ruling federal and opposition-led state government. Analysis of the case study is derived from ethnography and in-depth interviews with the estate Hindus.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Malaysia; Minderheit; religiöse Gruppe; Hinduismus; Marginalität; Diskriminierung; Südostasien
Klassifikation
Migration
Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Hindu temple demolition; Hindus; Penang
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 81-98
Zeitschriftentitel
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 14 (2021) 1
ISSN
1999-253X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 3.0