Narrating privilege: meritocracy and the portrait of the scholar in Singapore Anglophone literature.

This article considers the literary representation of the government scholar in Singapore Anglophone writing, focusing on two recent novels in particular. I begin by tracing the main features of Singapore's form of meritocracy, especially the pivotal role that competitive government scholarships pla...

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Published in:	Postcolonial Studies Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 414 - 433
Main Author:	Poon, Angelia
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2018
Subjects:	Meritocracy Social systems English-speaking countries Anxiety Scholars
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost