SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, October 1st, 2004
Chinese Minority in a Malay State: The Case of Terengganu in Malaysia. By Tan Chee-Beng. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2002. 162 pp.
This short ethnographic study focuses on Chinese residents of Terengganu, an east coast Malaysian state where Chinese account for less than 4 per cent of the local population. Two features of Terengganu Chinese society make this case study particularly interesting. First, like certain earlier Chinese communities in Malacca and Kelantan, intermarriages with local Terengganu Malay women several generations ago produced hybrid cultures (known as Baba or ...
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