Malay-muslim spirits and Malaysian capitalist modernity: a study of keramat propitiation among property developers in Penang

Property developers in Penang (Malaysia) were erecting shrines and performing rituals to propitiate a Malay-Muslim guardian spirit of local sacred places known interchangeably as keramat or Datuk Kong during a period of euphoric economic growth in Malaysia in the early 1990s. Drawing on anthropologi...

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Main Author: Goh, Beng-Lan (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2005
In: Asia Pacific viewpoint
Year: 2005, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 307-322
Further subjects:B Socioeconomic change
B Ethnicity
B Housing construction
B Islam
B Malaysia Religion Ritual Construction industry Housing construction Economic growth Sozioökonomische Entwicklung Islam Ethnicity Chinese people Malays Traditionelle Kultur
B Economic growth
B China
B Religion
B Malaysia
B Traditional culture
B Malays
B Construction industry

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