Gaik Cheng Khoo
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 140965 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Gaik Cheng Khoo |
| PRENOMES | Gaik Cheng |
| SOBRENOME | Khoo |
| ASSINATURA | KHOO G C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9098-010X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 60 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
The Korean Gen MZ in Malaysia
Scant literature exists on Korean youth in Malaysia and whether they have escaped the systemic issues facing their peers in South Korea. How does migration to Malaysia shape their outlook for the future and their life-course plans, such as finding stable employment, getting married, having children, and purchasing a home? Focusing on the hopes and dreams of Korean Gen MZ international students and self-initiated expatriates in Malaysia, this pape…
Global environmental problems
Malaysian art is gaining international recognition for its focus on climate change and as a tool for social change
Durian imaginaries
Countering durian plantationocene visuality and the erasure of natureculture histories in Malaysia
Large-scale durian plantations are now a major threat, causing deforestation and displacing the Orang Asli, the aboriginal peoples of Peninsular Malaysia, from their customary lands. This paper focuses on visual representations of the durian plantations and/or forest to discuss two contrasting views of the landscape. We analyse durian plantation corporate investment videos wooing public investors and videos of the Temiar Orang Asli's resistance a…
Durian matters
Alluring Monsters
Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization offers a refreshing, very contemporary, and comprehensive analysis of the evergreen Malay female monster, the pontianak, in film, television, and media from the 1950s to 2019. A female ghost who traditionally dies from male violence or childbirth, the pontianak appears as a beautiful woman with long black hair who turns into a terrifying fanged monster with supernatural power. Only a …
Are Malaysia's Reformers Up to the Task
There is a danger that internal power struggles may cause distractions and derail the project of reformation
The Hansik Globalization Campaign
This article critiques the South Korean government's strategies to globalize Korean cuisine (hansik) for its First World bias and for overlooking important dynamics that are operating locally. In particular the discourse as expressed on the Korean Food Foundation website demonstrates this desire to be accepted by the West and to be on par with Japan. Based on interviews with Korean restaurant owners in Malaysia and a survey of Malaysian diners, I…
Malaysia's New Ethnoscapes and Ways of Belonging
The Cheapskate Highbrow and the Dilemma of Sustaining Penang Hawker Food
In 2014, The Penang chief minister imposed a ban on foreigners working as the main cooks of hawker food, in the attempt to preserve "local taste". Exploration of the dilemma of sustaining the taste of Penang hawker food and the profession of preparing it argues for a broader definition of "Penang hawker food". This definition acknowledges the confluence of Penang's migrant histories while being inclusive and reflective of changes in sociocultural…
Tasting Singapore
A review of Nicole Tarulevicz, Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singapore (University of Illinois Press, 2013
Eating Together
Accepting the challenge of rethinking connections of food, space and identity within everyday spaces of “public” eating in Malaysia and Singapore, the authors enter street stalls, hawker centers, markets, cafes, restaurants, “food streets,” and “ethnic” neighborhoods to offer a broader picture of the meaning of eating in public places. The book creates a strong sense of the ways different people live, eat, work, and relax together, and traces neg…
The political economy of idols
This chapter analyses the representation, production, and reception of Malaysian fan parody videos of "Oppa Gangnam Style". It discusses three categories of Malaysian "Gangnam Style" parodies that deal with politics, sex, and gender. The subjects of parody typically include Malaysians' love of food, obsession over technological gadgets and expensive cars, idealised representations of gender, the nation's social diversity and cultural hybridity, a…
Eating Together
Introduction: Making Rojak ... or Eating Together-in-Difference? 1: Kopitiam: In Search of Cosmopolitan Spaces and Meanings in Malaysia 2: Spreading the Toast of Memory: From Hainanese Kopitiams to Boutique Coffee Shops in Singapore 3: Mamak, Anyone?: Tamil Muslim Eateries in Malaysia 4: Growing up Transnational: Travelling through Singapore's Hawker Centers 5: Dumplings at Changi: Singapore's Urban Villages as Spaces of Exchange and Re-invention…
Introduction
This article introduces this special issue on new ethnoscapes of a cosmopolitan Malaysia.It investigates questions of belonging and analyses the conditions that make possible cosmopolitan solidarity between citizens and sub-and non-citizens in a globalized world.I posit several critical frameworks on cosmopolitanism, citizenship and the public sphere to theorize the relationship between citizens and non-citizens in Malaysia: 'zones of sovereignty…
The Rise of Constitutional Patriotism in Malaysian Civil Society
This paper aims to account for the resurgent interest in the protections provided in the Malaysian Federal Constitution and to understand the rights-based language used by Malaysian civil society actors over the past few years. Observers of Malaysian politics have concluded that since the 1980s the country has been taking the long march to desecularisation (Kessler, 2008). I argue, however, that Habermas notion of constitutional patriotism is ali…
Gendering Old and New Malay through Malaysian Auteur Filmmaker U-Wei Haji Saari’s Literary Adaptations, The Arsonist (1995) and Swing My Swing High, My Darling (2004)
This paper discusses two adapted works of the Malay film-maker U-Wei Haji Saari (b 1954): Kaki Bakar (The Arsonist, 1995), from William Faulkner's short story ‘Barn Burning’ and Buai Laju-Laju (Swing My Swing High, My Darling, 2004) from the novel by James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice. A close reading of these two films provides some insights into the filmmaker's thoughts on where Malay society is heading in terms of development, progr…
Race and Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore
Introduction: Postcoloniality, Race and Multiculturalism - Daniel P.S. Goh and Philip Holden Part I: Postcolony and Cosmopolis 1. A literary history of race: reading Singapore literature in English in an historical frame - Philip Holden 2. Malaysian history textbooks and the discourse of ketuanan Melayu - Helen Ting 3. Eyes turned towards china: postcolonial mimicry, transcultural elitism and Singapore chineseness - Daniel P.S. Goh 4. Pick and mi…
Urban geography as pretext
Current independent filmmaking in Malaysia has the potential to be an alternative and viable space for creative and political expression, relative to mainstream national cinema (Malay cinema) and to the state. I focus on alternative imagery and sociocultural mappings of Kuala Lumpur in three ‘indie’ films. All three films contain documentary elements capturing social geographies of the city not represented in mainstream Malay cinema, or even if r…
Just-Do-It-(Yourself)
This paper provides a brief introduction to the current independent film movement in Malaysia. I will then analyse some of the short films through theories of cosmopolitanism and space to talk about subjectivities-in-the-making. How are these films Malays
Reclaiming Adat
In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat , or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional he…
‘You've Come a Long Way, Baby’
In the late 1990s, only two women filmmakers made a mark in the Malay film industry - Shuhaimi Baba and Erma Fatima. Their films capture the attitude, spirit and vision of Mahathirism with regard to gender, sexuality, race relations and Malay(sian) identity. They show women who are comfortable with modernity and urban living, yet who have not lost touch with their adat (customary) roots, family values and community spirit. These cinematic positio…
Reclaiming Adat
In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional hea…
The Ungrateful Guest
Eating Together
Introduction: Making Rojak ... or Eating Together-in-Difference? 1: Kopitiam: In Search of Cosmopolitan Spaces and Meanings in Malaysia 2: Spreading the Toast of Memory: From Hainanese Kopitiams to Boutique Coffee Shops in Singapore 3: Mamak, Anyone?: Tamil Muslim Eateries in Malaysia 4: Growing up Transnational: Travelling through Singapore's Hawker Centers 5: Dumplings at Changi: Singapore's Urban Villages as Spaces of Exchange and Re-invention…
Reclaiming Adat
In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat , or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional he…
The Rise of Constitutional Patriotism in Malaysian Civil Society
This paper aims to account for the resurgent interest in the protections provided in the Malaysian Federal Constitution and to understand the rights-based language used by Malaysian civil society actors over the past few years. Observers of Malaysian politics have concluded that since the 1980s the country has been taking the long march to desecularisation (Kessler, 2008). I argue, however, that Habermas notion of constitutional patriotism is ali…
The Cheapskate Highbrow and the Dilemma of Sustaining Penang Hawker Food
In 2014, The Penang chief minister imposed a ban on foreigners working as the main cooks of hawker food, in the attempt to preserve "local taste". Exploration of the dilemma of sustaining the taste of Penang hawker food and the profession of preparing it argues for a broader definition of "Penang hawker food". This definition acknowledges the confluence of Penang's migrant histories while being inclusive and reflective of changes in sociocultural…
Introduction
This article introduces this special issue on new ethnoscapes of a cosmopolitan Malaysia.It investigates questions of belonging and analyses the conditions that make possible cosmopolitan solidarity between citizens and sub-and non-citizens in a globalized world.I posit several critical frameworks on cosmopolitanism, citizenship and the public sphere to theorize the relationship between citizens and non-citizens in Malaysia: 'zones of sovereignty…
Just-Do-It-(Yourself)
This paper provides a brief introduction to the current independent film movement in Malaysia. I will then analyse some of the short films through theories of cosmopolitanism and space to talk about subjectivities-in-the-making. How are these films Malays
Countering durian plantationocene visuality and the erasure of natureculture histories in Malaysia
Large-scale durian plantations are now a major threat, causing deforestation and displacing the Orang Asli, the aboriginal peoples of Peninsular Malaysia, from their customary lands. This paper focuses on visual representations of the durian plantations and/or forest to discuss two contrasting views of the landscape. We analyse durian plantation corporate investment videos wooing public investors and videos of the Temiar Orang Asli's resistance a…
Durian matters
The Ungrateful Guest
Reclaiming Adat
In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional hea…
‘You've Come a Long Way, Baby’
In the late 1990s, only two women filmmakers made a mark in the Malay film industry - Shuhaimi Baba and Erma Fatima. Their films capture the attitude, spirit and vision of Mahathirism with regard to gender, sexuality, race relations and Malay(sian) identity. They show women who are comfortable with modernity and urban living, yet who have not lost touch with their adat (customary) roots, family values and community spirit. These cinematic positio…
Just-Do-It-(Yourself)
This paper provides a brief introduction to the current independent film movement in Malaysia. I will then analyse some of the short films through theories of cosmopolitanism and space to talk about subjectivities-in-the-making. How are these films Malays
Reclaiming Adat
In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat , or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional he…
Urban geography as pretext
Current independent filmmaking in Malaysia has the potential to be an alternative and viable space for creative and political expression, relative to mainstream national cinema (Malay cinema) and to the state. I focus on alternative imagery and sociocultural mappings of Kuala Lumpur in three ‘indie’ films. All three films contain documentary elements capturing social geographies of the city not represented in mainstream Malay cinema, or even if r…
Race and Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore
Introduction: Postcoloniality, Race and Multiculturalism - Daniel P.S. Goh and Philip Holden Part I: Postcolony and Cosmopolis 1. A literary history of race: reading Singapore literature in English in an historical frame - Philip Holden 2. Malaysian history textbooks and the discourse of ketuanan Melayu - Helen Ting 3. Eyes turned towards china: postcolonial mimicry, transcultural elitism and Singapore chineseness - Daniel P.S. Goh 4. Pick and mi…
Gendering Old and New Malay through Malaysian Auteur Filmmaker U-Wei Haji Saari’s Literary Adaptations, The Arsonist (1995) and Swing My Swing High, My Darling (2004)
This paper discusses two adapted works of the Malay film-maker U-Wei Haji Saari (b 1954): Kaki Bakar (The Arsonist, 1995), from William Faulkner's short story ‘Barn Burning’ and Buai Laju-Laju (Swing My Swing High, My Darling, 2004) from the novel by James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice. A close reading of these two films provides some insights into the filmmaker's thoughts on where Malay society is heading in terms of development, progr…
The Rise of Constitutional Patriotism in Malaysian Civil Society
This paper aims to account for the resurgent interest in the protections provided in the Malaysian Federal Constitution and to understand the rights-based language used by Malaysian civil society actors over the past few years. Observers of Malaysian politics have concluded that since the 1980s the country has been taking the long march to desecularisation (Kessler, 2008). I argue, however, that Habermas notion of constitutional patriotism is ali…
Eating Together
Accepting the challenge of rethinking connections of food, space and identity within everyday spaces of “public” eating in Malaysia and Singapore, the authors enter street stalls, hawker centers, markets, cafes, restaurants, “food streets,” and “ethnic” neighborhoods to offer a broader picture of the meaning of eating in public places. The book creates a strong sense of the ways different people live, eat, work, and relax together, and traces neg…
The political economy of idols
This chapter analyses the representation, production, and reception of Malaysian fan parody videos of "Oppa Gangnam Style". It discusses three categories of Malaysian "Gangnam Style" parodies that deal with politics, sex, and gender. The subjects of parody typically include Malaysians' love of food, obsession over technological gadgets and expensive cars, idealised representations of gender, the nation's social diversity and cultural hybridity, a…
Eating Together
Introduction: Making Rojak ... or Eating Together-in-Difference? 1: Kopitiam: In Search of Cosmopolitan Spaces and Meanings in Malaysia 2: Spreading the Toast of Memory: From Hainanese Kopitiams to Boutique Coffee Shops in Singapore 3: Mamak, Anyone?: Tamil Muslim Eateries in Malaysia 4: Growing up Transnational: Travelling through Singapore's Hawker Centers 5: Dumplings at Changi: Singapore's Urban Villages as Spaces of Exchange and Re-invention…
Introduction
This article introduces this special issue on new ethnoscapes of a cosmopolitan Malaysia.It investigates questions of belonging and analyses the conditions that make possible cosmopolitan solidarity between citizens and sub-and non-citizens in a globalized world.I posit several critical frameworks on cosmopolitanism, citizenship and the public sphere to theorize the relationship between citizens and non-citizens in Malaysia: 'zones of sovereignty…
Tasting Singapore
A review of Nicole Tarulevicz, Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singapore (University of Illinois Press, 2013
Malaysia's New Ethnoscapes and Ways of Belonging
The Cheapskate Highbrow and the Dilemma of Sustaining Penang Hawker Food
In 2014, The Penang chief minister imposed a ban on foreigners working as the main cooks of hawker food, in the attempt to preserve "local taste". Exploration of the dilemma of sustaining the taste of Penang hawker food and the profession of preparing it argues for a broader definition of "Penang hawker food". This definition acknowledges the confluence of Penang's migrant histories while being inclusive and reflective of changes in sociocultural…
Are Malaysia's Reformers Up to the Task
There is a danger that internal power struggles may cause distractions and derail the project of reformation
The Hansik Globalization Campaign
This article critiques the South Korean government's strategies to globalize Korean cuisine (hansik) for its First World bias and for overlooking important dynamics that are operating locally. In particular the discourse as expressed on the Korean Food Foundation website demonstrates this desire to be accepted by the West and to be on par with Japan. Based on interviews with Korean restaurant owners in Malaysia and a survey of Malaysian diners, I…
Alluring Monsters
Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization offers a refreshing, very contemporary, and comprehensive analysis of the evergreen Malay female monster, the pontianak, in film, television, and media from the 1950s to 2019. A female ghost who traditionally dies from male violence or childbirth, the pontianak appears as a beautiful woman with long black hair who turns into a terrifying fanged monster with supernatural power. Only a …
Countering durian plantationocene visuality and the erasure of natureculture histories in Malaysia
Large-scale durian plantations are now a major threat, causing deforestation and displacing the Orang Asli, the aboriginal peoples of Peninsular Malaysia, from their customary lands. This paper focuses on visual representations of the durian plantations and/or forest to discuss two contrasting views of the landscape. We analyse durian plantation corporate investment videos wooing public investors and videos of the Temiar Orang Asli's resistance a…
Durian matters
Global environmental problems
Malaysian art is gaining international recognition for its focus on climate change and as a tool for social change
Durian imaginaries
The Korean Gen MZ in Malaysia
Scant literature exists on Korean youth in Malaysia and whether they have escaped the systemic issues facing their peers in South Korea. How does migration to Malaysia shape their outlook for the future and their life-course plans, such as finding stable employment, getting married, having children, and purchasing a home? Focusing on the hopes and dreams of Korean Gen MZ international students and self-initiated expatriates in Malaysia, this pape…
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