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Dreaming about the neighbours: Magic, Orientalism, and entrepreneurship in the consumption of Thai religious goods in Singapore

Johnson, Andrew Alan·2016·South East Asia Research
DOI 10.1177/0967828x16672771
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For Marcel Mauss (2001 [1902]), magic involves border-crossing, with powers founded upon the potentiality presented by the exotic and the unknown. In a similar vein, Webb Keane (2003) points to the movement of religious objects that, via their very materiality, acquire new meanings as they move between one “representational economy” and another. Here, I look at the consumption of Thai necromantic objects by Chinese Singaporean Buddhists. These are, in some cases, Thai body parts, ritually processed and sold via the international marketplace via Chinese Singaporean entrepreneurs and used for local business competition. I argue that, through this process, these objects become fused with Chinese religious notions of potency, Orientalist exoticization, and a fetishization of the entrepreneur. In doing so, these dreams about the neighbours complicate our understandings of cosmopolitanism, masculinity, and the vicissitudes of capitalism.

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Authors
Johnson, A. A.
Affiliations
Princeton University (US)
Corresponding author
Johnson, Andrew Alan
ORCID
Johnson, Andrew Alan
Venue
South East Asia Research
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2016-12
Volume
24
Issue
4
Pages
445-461
ISSN
  • 0967-828X (ISSN-L)
  • 2043-6874
DOI
10.1177/0967828x16672771
OpenAlex
W2530121613
Cited by
14
References
0
Citations by year
2023: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
FWCI
2.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
South East Asia Research (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
Keywords
sacred objects, potency, Orientalism, exoticization, cosmopolitanism, masculinity, capitalism, border crossing, magic

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