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Senior Librarian at the
National Library of Singapore
Reference Librarian since
1997, specialising in the
Singapore heritage
collection
Telecommuting out of
Vietnam since 2006
Bonny Tan
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A Baba
bibliography
1,500 annotated
entries
Newspaper articles,
monographs,
serials, dissertations,
websites, chapters
in books
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Defining a people group
Resources for informing
Challenges & advantages of using
digital newspapers
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Malacca
Penang
Singapore
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Chinese
immigrants
adopting
local culture
Language
Dress
Customs
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1800s
Pre-war
Independence
Business leaders
Political identity
Social identity
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Subject informed by
Multiple resources
Multiple perspectives
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How they viewed themselves
Biographies
Reminiscences
Language
Material
culture
Foodways
How
others
viewed
them
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How they viewed themselves
Social Identity
Literature & Language
How
others
viewed
them
How
academics
viewed
them
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The Straits Times, 1845 July
The Straits Times, 2009 December
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Changing subject - Evolving identity of
the Peranakans
Multiple & merged languages – Baba
Malay, Hokkien, English
Non-standard spellings
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Search terms –variant spelling, variant
terms
Terms
Peranakan
Baba Nyonya
Straits Chinese
Overseas
Chinese
Variant terms &
spelling
Pranakan
Straits-born
Chinese
Nonya, Bibik
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Opens new leads
Depth - Granular details
Breadth - Across time
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Authors
Peranakan writers –
eg. Felix chia
Academics – eg.
John Clammer
Columnist – eg.
Violet Oon
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