Tamils and the haunting of justice: history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations
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| 505 | 8 | |a As the new migrant workers do not bring their whole families with them, the community structures--schools, temples, churches, community halls, recreational fields--need no longer be sustained, allowing more land to be converted to mechanized palm oil production or lucrative housing developments. In short, the old, long-term community-based model of rubber plantation production introduced by British and French companies in colonial Malaya has been replaced by a model based upon migrant labor, mechanization, and a gradual contraction of the plantation economy. Tamils find themselves increasingly resentful of the fact that lands that were developed and populated by their ancestors are now claimed by Malays as their own; and that the land use patterns in these new townships, are increasingly hostile to the most symbolic vestiges of the Tamil and Hindu presence, the temples. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a In addition to issues pertaining to land, legal cases surrounding religious conversion have exacerbated a sense of insecurity among Tamil Hindus. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic fieldwork, this compelling book is about much more than the fast-approaching end to a way of life. Tamils and the Haunting of Justice addresses critical issues in the study of race and ethnicity. It is a study of how notions of justice, as imagined by an aggrieved minority, complicate legal demarcations of ethnic difference in post colonial states. Through its ethnographic breadth, it demonstrates which strategies, as enacted by local communities in conjunction with NGOs and legal advisors/activists, have been most "successful" in navigating the legal and political system of ethnic entitlement and compensation. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a It shows how, through a variety of strategies, Tamils try to access justice beyond the law--sometimes by using the law, and sometimes by turning to religious symbols and rituals in the murky space between law and justice. The book will thus appeal not only to scholars of Southeast Asia and the Indian diaspora, but also to ethnic studies and development scholars and those interested in postcolonial nationalism | |
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| spelling | Willford, Andrew C. Verfasser aut Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations Andrew C. Willford ; with the collaboration of S. Nagarajan Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2014 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Online resource (Ebrary, viewed November 14, 2014); title from title page. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 In 2006 dejected members of the Bukit Jalil Estate community faced eviction from their homes in Kuala Lumpur where they had lived for generations. City officials classified plantation residents as squatters and, unaware of years of toil, attachment to the land, and past official promises, questioned any right they might have to stay, wondering "How can there be a plantation in Kuala Lumpur?"This story epitomizes the dilemma faced by Malaysian Tamils in recent years as they confront the moment when the plantation system where they have lived and worked for generations finally collapses. Foreign workers from Indonesia and Bangladesh have been brought in to replace Tamil workers to cut labor costs. As the new migrant workers do not bring their whole families with them, the community structures--schools, temples, churches, community halls, recreational fields--need no longer be sustained, allowing more land to be converted to mechanized palm oil production or lucrative housing developments. In short, the old, long-term community-based model of rubber plantation production introduced by British and French companies in colonial Malaya has been replaced by a model based upon migrant labor, mechanization, and a gradual contraction of the plantation economy. Tamils find themselves increasingly resentful of the fact that lands that were developed and populated by their ancestors are now claimed by Malays as their own; and that the land use patterns in these new townships, are increasingly hostile to the most symbolic vestiges of the Tamil and Hindu presence, the temples. In addition to issues pertaining to land, legal cases surrounding religious conversion have exacerbated a sense of insecurity among Tamil Hindus. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic fieldwork, this compelling book is about much more than the fast-approaching end to a way of life. Tamils and the Haunting of Justice addresses critical issues in the study of race and ethnicity. It is a study of how notions of justice, as imagined by an aggrieved minority, complicate legal demarcations of ethnic difference in post colonial states. Through its ethnographic breadth, it demonstrates which strategies, as enacted by local communities in conjunction with NGOs and legal advisors/activists, have been most "successful" in navigating the legal and political system of ethnic entitlement and compensation. It shows how, through a variety of strategies, Tamils try to access justice beyond the law--sometimes by using the law, and sometimes by turning to religious symbols and rituals in the murky space between law and justice. The book will thus appeal not only to scholars of Southeast Asia and the Indian diaspora, but also to ethnic studies and development scholars and those interested in postcolonial nationalism In English SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia bisacsh Tamil (Indic people) / Government policy fast Tamil (Indic people) Land tenure Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Relocation Malaysia Plantation workers Relocation Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Government policy Malaysia Plantation workers Government policy Malaysia Diskriminierung (DE-588)4012472-1 gnd rswk-swf Tamilen (DE-588)4078143-4 gnd rswk-swf Plantage (DE-588)4136213-5 gnd rswk-swf Malaysia (DE-588)4037203-0 gnd rswk-swf Malaysia (DE-588)4037203-0 g Tamilen (DE-588)4078143-4 s Plantage (DE-588)4136213-5 s Diskriminierung (DE-588)4012472-1 s 1\p DE-604 Nagarajan, S. 1956- ctb Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Willford, Andrew C. (Andrew Clinton) Tamils and the haunting of justice 9780824838942 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Willford, Andrew C. Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations In 2006 dejected members of the Bukit Jalil Estate community faced eviction from their homes in Kuala Lumpur where they had lived for generations. City officials classified plantation residents as squatters and, unaware of years of toil, attachment to the land, and past official promises, questioned any right they might have to stay, wondering "How can there be a plantation in Kuala Lumpur?"This story epitomizes the dilemma faced by Malaysian Tamils in recent years as they confront the moment when the plantation system where they have lived and worked for generations finally collapses. Foreign workers from Indonesia and Bangladesh have been brought in to replace Tamil workers to cut labor costs. As the new migrant workers do not bring their whole families with them, the community structures--schools, temples, churches, community halls, recreational fields--need no longer be sustained, allowing more land to be converted to mechanized palm oil production or lucrative housing developments. In short, the old, long-term community-based model of rubber plantation production introduced by British and French companies in colonial Malaya has been replaced by a model based upon migrant labor, mechanization, and a gradual contraction of the plantation economy. Tamils find themselves increasingly resentful of the fact that lands that were developed and populated by their ancestors are now claimed by Malays as their own; and that the land use patterns in these new townships, are increasingly hostile to the most symbolic vestiges of the Tamil and Hindu presence, the temples. In addition to issues pertaining to land, legal cases surrounding religious conversion have exacerbated a sense of insecurity among Tamil Hindus. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic fieldwork, this compelling book is about much more than the fast-approaching end to a way of life. Tamils and the Haunting of Justice addresses critical issues in the study of race and ethnicity. It is a study of how notions of justice, as imagined by an aggrieved minority, complicate legal demarcations of ethnic difference in post colonial states. Through its ethnographic breadth, it demonstrates which strategies, as enacted by local communities in conjunction with NGOs and legal advisors/activists, have been most "successful" in navigating the legal and political system of ethnic entitlement and compensation. It shows how, through a variety of strategies, Tamils try to access justice beyond the law--sometimes by using the law, and sometimes by turning to religious symbols and rituals in the murky space between law and justice. The book will thus appeal not only to scholars of Southeast Asia and the Indian diaspora, but also to ethnic studies and development scholars and those interested in postcolonial nationalism SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia bisacsh Tamil (Indic people) / Government policy fast Tamil (Indic people) Land tenure Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Relocation Malaysia Plantation workers Relocation Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Government policy Malaysia Plantation workers Government policy Malaysia Diskriminierung (DE-588)4012472-1 gnd Tamilen (DE-588)4078143-4 gnd Plantage (DE-588)4136213-5 gnd |
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| title | Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations |
| title_auth | Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations |
| title_exact_search | Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations |
| title_full | Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations Andrew C. Willford ; with the collaboration of S. Nagarajan |
| title_fullStr | Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations Andrew C. Willford ; with the collaboration of S. Nagarajan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations Andrew C. Willford ; with the collaboration of S. Nagarajan |
| title_short | Tamils and the haunting of justice |
| title_sort | tamils and the haunting of justice history and recognition in malaysia s plantations |
| title_sub | history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations |
| topic | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia bisacsh Tamil (Indic people) / Government policy fast Tamil (Indic people) Land tenure Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Relocation Malaysia Plantation workers Relocation Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Government policy Malaysia Plantation workers Government policy Malaysia Diskriminierung (DE-588)4012472-1 gnd Tamilen (DE-588)4078143-4 gnd Plantage (DE-588)4136213-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia Tamil (Indic people) / Government policy Tamil (Indic people) Land tenure Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Relocation Malaysia Plantation workers Relocation Malaysia Tamil (Indic people) Government policy Malaysia Plantation workers Government policy Malaysia Diskriminierung Tamilen Plantage Malaysia |
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