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  • ANCESTOR WORSHIP IN THE DIASPORA CHINESE AND CHINA UNIVERSES
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    ANCESTOR WORSHIP IN THE DIASPORA CHINESE AND CHINA UNIVERSES
    KHUN ENG KUAH
    Kuah explores the centrality of ancestors and ancestor worship of the Chinese in the Diaspora Chinese and China universes. Building on the original work and book on “Rebuilding the Ancestral Village: Singaporeans in China”, this book goes beyond the premise of remaking the ancestral home. Ancestor worship and the ancestors, together with selected cultural practices, constitute ...

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  • COVID-19 RESPONSES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
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    COVID-19 RESPONSES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
    KHUN ENG KUAH, GILLES GUIHEUX AND FRANCIS K. G. LIM
    Presenting a wide range of international case studies, the contributors to this book study the impact of Covid-19 on the risks faced by communities around the globe. Examining cases from the Americas, Europe and Asia – including Mexico, Brazil, China, India, France, and Belgium – Kuah, Guiheux, Lim and their collaborators look at how communities have coped with the social and e...

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  • THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF BUDDHIST COMPASSION IN CHINESE SOCIETIES
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    THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF BUDDHIST COMPASSION IN CHINESE SOCIETIES
    KHUN ENG KUAH
    This book investigates and establishes a theoretical framework for the study of the social production of religious compassion in the era of shale modernity among Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. It argues that the production of Buddhist compassionate fields in the 21st century is a response to the rising social inequality and social needs of modern societ...

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  • EDUCATING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
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    EDUCATING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
    KHUN ENG KUAH
    Despite the enshrinement by the United Nations in 1948 of education as a universal human right, and despite the ideals espoused in the Education for All declaration in Dakar in 1990, it is patently clear that these ideals remain far from realized for a substantial portion of humankind. Especially at risk are vulnerable segments of society such as women, migrants, refugees, rura...

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  • INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
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    INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
    KHUN ENG KUAH
    This edited book examines the significance of intangible cultural heritage to local communities and the state in Hong Kong and China. Through ethnographic studies, the various chapters in this edited book argue for the role of the local community in the creation and conservation of the intangible cultural heritage and traditions. Irrespective of whether they are selected and li...

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