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Essentialising the Convenient Baba-Nyonyas of the Heritage City of Melaka (Malaysia)

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Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations

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On July 7, 2008, Melaka was accorded a UNESCO World Heritage Site status. The port-city is located on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, a strategic situation on the Melaka Straits, half-way between China and India. It has been for a long time the meeting place of a melange of populations, locals (Malays) and migrants coming from the East (Chinese), the West (Indians, Arabs), the South and South-West (different people from the present Indonesia) as well as beginning from the 15th Century from Europe and other European colonies (Portuguese and Goans/Mozambicans, Dutch, and later on British).

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  1. University of Helsinki, Finland

    Fred Dervin

  2. Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

    Regis Machart

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Lim, S.N. (2015). Essentialising the Convenient Baba-Nyonyas of the Heritage City of Melaka (Malaysia). In: Dervin, F., Machart, R. (eds) Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations. Frontiers of Globalization Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137498601_8

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