{"product_id":"9781032956046","title":"Death and Civil Society in Singapore Anthropological Insights from Bukit Brown Cemetery","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDeath and Civil Society in Singapore\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAnthropological Insights from Bukit Brown Cemetery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSee Mieng Tan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an ethnographic study of contemporary civil society, state-society relations, and death, and in doing so offers a workable framework for local advocacy in Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee Mieng Tan examines a community-led interest group called ‘all things Bukit Brown’ which advocates for the preservation of the Bukit Brown Cemetery, a space facing imminent and total clearance by the Singapore government. Through this, Tan asks who bears moral responsibility in caring for the dead, suggesting that there is a dissonance in understandings of ‘care’ between state pragmatism and the community’s cultural traditions. Tan posits two core arguments – one, that the interest group exemplifies the emergence of contemporary civil society in Singapore, and two, that such an emergence of civil society is driven by the cultural potency and affective resonance of caring for the dead. As such, \u003ci\u003eDeath and Civil Society in Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to an understanding of how Singapore’s multicultural and multiethnic profile may influence the evolution of its state-society landscape. Through her ethnography, Tan also considers the availability of global opportunities for local advocacy, and puts forward recommendations for a framework to reconceptualise civil society in highly urban societies, ultimately advocating for an open a third space for community voices to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to postgraduate scholars, academics, and researchers working in Southeast Asian culture and society, politics and advocacy, social anthropology, and death studies as well as state-society relations in Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSee Mieng Tan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Singapore-based anthropologist and sociologist who earned her PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh. A qualitative health researcher by profession, her research spans death studies, civil society activism, funerary heritage, end-of-life care, caregiving, and nursing. Her book chapters and international presentations discuss cemetery clearances, death disposal practices, and ancestor worship. She has co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles on end-of-life care, public health, health services research, nursing, and caregiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032956046\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63547469037708,"sku":"9781032956046","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032956046","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}