Policy and the acculturation of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia

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" Policy and the acculturation of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia "
Chelsea Leigh Mason E. Cooper

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	52705
Doc. No	:	TL22659
Call number	:	‭1467517‬
Main Entry	:	Chelsea Leigh Mason
Title & Author	:	Policy and the acculturation of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia\ Chelsea Leigh Mason
College	:	University of Southern California
Date	:	2009
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2009
Page No	:	63
Abstract	:	Throughout Malaysian history, governmental policy toward the ethnic Chinese has had a profound effect on the acculturation of this group. Equally important are the cultural attitudes that have produced and perpetuated these policies. Because of these attitudes and policies, tension has developed both between and within the ethnic Chinese and Malay groups regarding the acculturation of the ethnic Chinese. The Malays, wanting to assert political dominance over the ethnic Chinese, encouraged the separation of the ethnic Chinese by marginalizing them socially and economically. The ethnic Chinese have had to struggle to maintain their right to membership in Malaysian society, trying to simultaneously preserve their culture while asserting a degree of acculturation into Malay society. Today, while ethnic tensions have softened between the two groups, relations are still somewhat strained.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Cultural anthropology; History; 0326:Cultural anthropology; 0332:History
Added Entry	:	E. Cooper
Added Entry	:	University of Southern California