Culture and Privilege in Capitalist AsiaMichael Pinches The Asian financial crisis has distracted attention from the realities of a growing affluent class in Asia. this latest volume in the New Rich in Asia series the authors examine the cultural reconfiguration, consumer behaviour, economic success and cultural status of the new rich. Case studies from Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, India and China paint a picture of the real significance of the affluent classes and their effect on national, ethnic and religious restructuring. |
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Contents
1 Cultural relations class and the new rich of Asia | 1 |
2 Consumption social differentiation and selfdefinition of the new rich in industrialising Southeast Asia | 57 |
3 From Orang Kaya Baru to Melayu Baru | 87 |
4 The contribution of a Japanese firm to the cultural construction of the new rich in Malaysia | 112 |
5 Singapore | 138 |
6 The years of living luxuriously | 160 |
7 The new rich and cultural tensions in rural Indonesia | 189 |
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