Masculinity, power and technology: a Malaysian ethnography
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2003
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references. - Erscheint: Juli 2003 |
| Physical Description: | 184 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0754617556 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
Prologue 1
Introduction 15
Masculinities and technologies 15
Socio political context 20
Outline of the book 23
Chapter One — The ethnographic setting 25
The men, a short introduction 25
Nanyang, the historical legacy 30
Three constituting ism s , familism, paternalism and personalism .. 32
Penang 35
The Chinese in Penang 43
An overview of the fieldwork— method A7
Chapter Two What s on the first page... ? A discussion
of the reciprocal making of an ethnography 54
Introduction 54
Participants of different communities 56
The play with shifting identities 61
Weaving a mutual knowledge base 65
Conclusion 68
Chapter Three — Becoming a man and growing up male 70
Introduction 70
The Chinese family 72
Father son relations and family dynamics 74
Friendship and spaces of masculinity 79
Marriage 90
Summarising ways of being a man 97
Chapter Four The embodiment of a mechanic 99
Introduction 99
Gaining a kinaesthetic sense 101
Performative dexterity 105
Bodily inscriptions 107
The social and anthropomorphised life of cars and motorcycles ... 110
Conclusion 115
Chapter Five Working hard and making money 117
Introduction 117
Lok Boon Siew 117
Honesty, trust and luck 121
Gambling, temples and astrology 125
Family business 131
Ah Teong s family business 131
Tan s family business 136
Guan Hock s family business 139
Personalism and family business 141
Summarising discourses on wealth 143
Chapter Six Transgressing gender and class 145
Introduction 145
Transgressing gender 145
Hard work and marked bodies 150
Education and social mobility 152
Transnational networks 157
Summarising masculine virtues 160
Epilogue Towards intersectional analyses of masculinities 162
References 168
Index 178
List of illustrations
Prologue 1: Tan, Sin Keh and Fatty Hin having
breakfast at the workshop 3
Prologue 2: Robert assists Tan with the wiring. In the
background, the busy traffic scene of Weld Quay 7
Prologue 3: Passing time, discussing money and business 10
1.1: Tan at the workshop 26
1.2: Ah Teong, diagnosing the wheel suspension 27
1.3: Guan Hock in a typical work pose 28
1.4: Map of Malaysia 37
1.5: Map of Penang 38
1.6: The anthropologist with his scooter outside
Guan Hook s workshop 52
4.1: Ah Teong and his apprentice repairing the gearbox 103
4.2: Ah Teong using his skills, interacting with the engine 104
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