Chinese deathscapes in Insulindia

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Cemeteries are evolving spatial, morphological and cultural constructions, or idealized microcosms, that serve functional and emotional purposes. Hence they are a good observation post for historia...

Cemeteries are evolving spatial, morphological and cultural constructions, or idealized microcosms, that serve functional and emotional purposes. Hence they are a good observation post for historians, economists, human geographers, architects, archaeologists, and so forth. In relation to the problems that Chinese communities of Insular Southeast Asia are facing, the historical approach is dominant here.00In Malaysia, where the Chinese were and to some extent still are required to justify their long-standing presence in the country, the study of cemeteries is mainly aimed at tracing the oldest tombs in each locality. In addition, considering the growing control of the state over cemeteries, historians also focused on the way in which the colonial authorities had intervened in the management of burial sites.

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