Rachel Suet Kay Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4216286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Suet Kay Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel Suet Kay |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN R S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), National University of Malaysia (UKM) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Folklore, Authenticity and the Tourist Gaze in Touring Chinese Cultural Heritage
Of late, Chinese cultural heritage buildings have enjoyed attention as desirable destination images. This has been boosted by the tourist gaze, which derives its object of desire from the soft power of transnationally broadcast Chinese historical films and television series, such as “Longest Day in Chang’an”. Within the experience of tourism lies the issue of finding authenticity, which consists of three types: objective authenticity, constructiv…
Consensus And Contestation in the Formation of Malaysian Studies
This article aims to question the proposition put forth by Abdul Rahman (2014) regarding the “rakyat” paradigm in Malaysia as an analytical tool for Malaysian society. The rakyat paradigm was introduced by Abdul Rahman Embong in response to Shamsul (1998)’s paper on “Ethnicity, class, culture or identity? Competing paradigms in Malaysian Studies”. While Shamsul (1996a) conceptualised these dimensions as parallel, if competing paradigms, Abdul Rah…
From Superdiversity to Social Difference
Due to Vertovec’s standing as a celebrated social theorist and his influence, we wish to discuss his condensation of sociology's most crucial concepts to make a convenient model of "the social organization of difference." Having performed a close reading of Vertovec's works, from the era in which he touted "super-diversity" up to his phrasing of "difference," we have concerns that his body of work leaves out the collective experiences of the "Glo…
Expressive Rationality
Malaysian cosplayers, as a subset of Asian cosplayers, engage in a visually \nperformative activity which raises the issues of ethnic and gender performativity, \namong other identity markers. This is further contextualised within an “everydaydefned” experience of identity, in which its formation is influenced by non-“social \npower” agents such as popular narratives (Baharuddin 1996: 18; Baharuddin and \nAthi 2015: 268). In addition, cosplayers …
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Expressive Rationality
Malaysian cosplayers, as a subset of Asian cosplayers, engage in a visually \nperformative activity which raises the issues of ethnic and gender performativity, \namong other identity markers. This is further contextualised within an “everydaydefned” experience of identity, in which its formation is influenced by non-“social \npower” agents such as popular narratives (Baharuddin 1996: 18; Baharuddin and \nAthi 2015: 268). In addition, cosplayers …
From Superdiversity to Social Difference
Due to Vertovec’s standing as a celebrated social theorist and his influence, we wish to discuss his condensation of sociology's most crucial concepts to make a convenient model of "the social organization of difference." Having performed a close reading of Vertovec's works, from the era in which he touted "super-diversity" up to his phrasing of "difference," we have concerns that his body of work leaves out the collective experiences of the "Glo…
Consensus And Contestation in the Formation of Malaysian Studies
This article aims to question the proposition put forth by Abdul Rahman (2014) regarding the “rakyat” paradigm in Malaysia as an analytical tool for Malaysian society. The rakyat paradigm was introduced by Abdul Rahman Embong in response to Shamsul (1998)’s paper on “Ethnicity, class, culture or identity? Competing paradigms in Malaysian Studies”. While Shamsul (1996a) conceptualised these dimensions as parallel, if competing paradigms, Abdul Rah…
Folklore, Authenticity and the Tourist Gaze in Touring Chinese Cultural Heritage
Of late, Chinese cultural heritage buildings have enjoyed attention as desirable destination images. This has been boosted by the tourist gaze, which derives its object of desire from the soft power of transnationally broadcast Chinese historical films and television series, such as “Longest Day in Chang’an”. Within the experience of tourism lies the issue of finding authenticity, which consists of three types: objective authenticity, constructiv…
Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Asian Studies and History (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work) · Constructive (1 work)