Tan Yao Sua Primary Author Kamarudin Ngah Primary Author mixed material bibliography Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malay strategic Information and Research Development Centre 2015 en English

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130 p The Chinese minority in Terengganu, Malaysia, are struggling to maintain their Sinic culture, identity and community in the face of socio-political changes and Islamisation since the early 1970s. They are also facing problems due to population attrition from an outflow of the younger generation to larger cities in Malaysia for jobs and further education. The acculturated Terengganu Peranakan Chinese, descendants of the earliest settlers who arrived at least two centuries ago, face additional inter-generational tensions and challenges. This book is based on extensive interviews and fieldwork and includes: an overview of the role of the Kuala Terengganu Chinese associations in promoting traditional Chinese culture and identity; a study of the Peranakan Chinese in Tirok, to further examine issues of identity maintenance and identity shift; and a comparison between the foodways of the Tirok Peranakan Chinese with a similar rural Peranakan community in the neighbouring state of Kelantan to demonstrate the community’s continual negotiation of Sino-Malay identity. NONE 9789670630930 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 305.89510595 SUA Cul 8841 C2O library & collabtive 305.89510595 SUA Cul terengganu.jpg.jpg 7519 2025-07-04 11:30:29 2025-07-04 11:30:50 machine generated