Selvaraj Velayutham

Research Outputs

Research Output per year

2001 2021

• 16 Article
• 11 Chapter
• 5 Edited Book/Anthology
• 5 Foreword/postscript/introduction
• 9 More
  • 3 Conference proceeding contribution
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary/reference book
  • 1 Other chapter contribution
  • 1 Letter
  • 1 Digital or Visual products
  • 1 Working paper

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2021

  Tamil cinema in the 21st century: continuities and changes

  Velayutham, S. & Devadas, V., 19 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) Tamil cinema in the twenty-first century: caste, gender and technology. Velayutham, S. & Devadas, V. (eds.). London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript/introduction

• Tamil cinema in the twenty-first century: caste, gender and technology

  Velayutham, S. (ed.) & Devadas, V. (ed.), 19 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 228 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology

  • Caste
  • Cinema
  • Film Industry
  • Cultural Institutions
  • Cleavage

• Tamil platform cinema

  Devadas, V. & Velayutham, S., 19 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) Tamil cinema in the twenty-first century: caste, gender and technology. Velayutham, S. & Devadas, V. (eds.). London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
• 2020

  Convivencia en el multiculturalismo cotidiano: breves comparaciones entre Singapur y Sídney

  Wise, A. & Velayutham, S., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Migraciones, etnicidades y espacios: aproximaciones críticas desde la etnografía. Ramírez, C., Chan, C. & Stefani, C. (eds.). Santiago, Chile: Ril Editores

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Humour at work: conviviality through language play in Singapore's multicultural workplaces

  Wise, A. & Velayutham, S., 8 Apr 2020, In : Ethnic and Racial Studies. 43, 5, p. 911-929 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • humor
  • Singapore
  • workplace
  • language
  • worker

• Middling Tamil migrants in Singapore and the translocal village

  Velayutham, S., 2020, Routledge handbook of Indian transnationalism. Sahoo, A. K. & Purkayastha, B. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 227-237 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Tamil
  • social budget
  • Singapore
  • migrant
  • village

• Singapore: races and racism

  Velayutham, S., 15 May 2020, (Accepted/In press) Routledge encyclopedia of race and racism. Solomos, J. & Alexander, C. (eds.). Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary/reference book

• The right to the city: outdoor informal sport, urban social relations and productive multicultural spaces

  Aquino, K., Wise, A., Velayutham, S., Parry, K. & Neal, S., 20 Sep 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Annals of Leisure Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• The right to the city: outdoor informal sport and urban belonging in multicultural spaces

  Aquino, K., Wise, A., Velayutham, S., Parry, K. D. & Neal, S., 28 Dec 2020, In : Annals of Leisure Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sport
  • Sports
  • migrant
  • migrant worker
  • urban population
• 2018

  Everyday inter-ethnic tensions and discomfort in a culturally diverse Australian workplace

  Nguyen, T. & Velayutham, S., 2 Nov 2018, In : Social Identities. 24, 6, p. 779-794 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • workplace
  • cultural difference
  • interaction
  • employment service
  • worker

• Pushing casual sport to the margins threatens cities' social cohesion

  Wise, A., Parry, K. D., Aquino, K., Neal, S. & Velayutham, S., 30 Apr 2018, The Conversation. Academic rigour, journalistic flair.

  Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article

  Open Access

  File
  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Street-level discretion, emotional labour and welfare frontline staff at the Australian employment service providers

  Nguyen, T. & Velayutham, S., Jun 2018, In : Australian Journal of Social Issues. 53, 2, p. 158-172 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • employment service
  • service provider
  • welfare
  • labor
  • staff
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  "Feels so foreign in my own homeland": xenophobia and national identity in Singapore

  Velayutham, S., 2017, Precarious belongings: affect and nationalism in Asia. Wang, C. & Goh, D. P. S. (eds.). London ; New York: Rowman & Littlefield International, p. 153-168 16 p. (Asian Cultural Studies: transnational and dialogic approaches).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Le monde du cinéma tamoul

  Velayutham, S., Jan 2017, La nouvelle revue de l'Inde: le Tamil Nadu. Paris: L'Harmattan, Vol. 12. p. 90-91 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript/introduction

• Negotiating difference and cultural minoritization: Chinese migrant workers in Singapore's Little India

  Velayutham, S., 2017, Visuality, emotions and minority culture: feeling ethnic. Nguyet Erni, J. (ed.). Springer, Springer Nature, p. 45-55 10 p. (Humanities in Asia; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • migrant worker
  • Singapore
  • temporary employment
  • migration
  • India

• Races without racism? everyday race relations in Singapore

  Velayutham, S., 2017, In : Identities. 24, 4, p. 455-473 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • racism
  • Singapore
  • provocation
  • political ideology
  • social media
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Transnational affect and emotion in migration research

  Wise, A. & Velayutham, S., 2017, In : International journal of sociology. 47, 2, p. 116-130 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • migration research
  • social field
  • emotion
  • sociality
  • shame
• 2014

  Conviviality in everyday multiculturalism: some brief comparisons between Singapore and Sydney

  Wise, A. & Velayutham, S., Aug 2014, In : European Journal of Cultural Studies. 17, 4, p. 406-430 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • multicultural society
  • Singapore
  • interaction pattern
  • interconnection
  • coexistence
  80 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Precarious experiences of Indians in Australia on 457 temporary work visas

  Velayutham, S., Sep 2013, In : Economic and Labour Relations Review. 24, 3, p. 340-361 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Temporary work
  • Migrants
  • Skilled migration
  • India
  • Qualitative study
  32 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Cinema in motion: tracking Tamil cinema's assemblage

  Devadas, V. & Velayutham, S., 2012, Travels of Bollywood Cinema: from Bombay to LA. Roy, A. G. & Huat, C. B. (eds.). New Delhi; Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 164-182 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Cinema
  • Assemblages
  • Sociality
  • Conceptualization
  • Ideology
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Imagining Eelam Tamils in Tamil cinema

  Ranganathan, M. & Velayutham, S., 2012, In : Continuum. 26, 6, p. 871-881 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tamil
  • cinema
  • Imagining
  • Cinema
  • market
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Moral economies of a translocal village

  Velayutham, S. & Wise, A., 2012, Indian diaspora and transnationalism. Sahoo, A. K., Baas, M. & Faist, T. (eds.). New Delhi: Rawat Publications, p. 144-165 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2010

  Everyday multiculturalism in the workplace: negotiating difference in a metropolitan university

  Wise, A., Velayutham, S. & Vogl, G., 2010, The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference 2010: Social Causes, Private Lives. Sydney: The Australian Sociological Association, p. 1-11 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

  Open Access

  File

  • multicultural society
  • workplace
  • university
  • working-day world
  • cultural difference
  87 Downloads (Pure)

• Hinduism and film: Tamil cinema

  Devadas, V. & Velayutham, S., 2010, Brill's encyclopedia of Hinduism. Jacobsen, K. A., Basu, H., Malinar, A. & Narayanan, V. (eds.). Leiden ; Boston: Brill, Vol. 2. p. 651-658 8 p. (Handbook of oriental studies. Section two, India; vol. 22/1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference 2010: Social Causes, Private Lives

  Velayutham, S. (ed.), Ebert, N. (ed.), Fine, M. (ed.) & Watkins, S. (ed.), 2010, Sydney: The Australian Sociological Association.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology
• 2009

  Dissent and cultural resistance in Asia's cities

  Butcher, M. (ed.) & Velayutham, S. (ed.), 19 Mar 2009, London; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 207 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology

  • ghetto
  • gentrification
  • social conflict
  • Social Movements
  • urban development
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Everyday multiculturalism

  Wise, A. (ed.) & Velayutham, S. (ed.), 16 Jul 2009, Basingstoke, UK, New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan. 282 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology

  • multicultural society
  • everyday experience
  • cultural difference
  • everyday life
  • interaction
  186 Citations (Scopus)

• Everyday racism in Singapore

  Velayutham, S., 16 Jul 2009, Everyday Multiculturalism. Wise, A. & Velayutham, S. (eds.). Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 255-273 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction: Multiculturalism and everyday life

  Wise, A. & Velayutham, S., 16 Jul 2009, Everyday multiculturalism. Wise, A. & Velayutham, S. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-17 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript/introduction
  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction: Cultures of resistance in Asia's transforming cities

  Butcher, M. & Velayutham, S., 19 Mar 2009, Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia's Cities. Butcher, M. & Velayutham, S. (eds.). Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript/introduction

• 'Talking cock': Everyday dissent through complaint and humour in Singapore

  Velayutham, S., 2009, Dissent and cultural resistance in Asia's cities. Butcher, M. & Velayutham, S. (eds.). London; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 92-109 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Encounters with 'India': (Ethno)-nationalism in Tamil cinema

  Devadas, V. & Velayutham, S., 2008, Tamil Cinema: The cultural politics of India's other film industry. Velayutham, S. (ed.). London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 154-171 18 p. (Routledge Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia; vol. 14).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction: The cultural history and politics of South Indian Tamil cinema

  Velayutham, S., 2008, Tamil Cinema : The cultural politics of India's other film industry. Velayutham, S. (ed.). London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 1-15 15 p. (Routledge Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia; vol. 14).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript/introduction

  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Second-generation Tamils and cross-cultural marriage: Managing the translocal village in a moment of cultural rupture

  Wise, A. & Velayutham, S., Jan 2008, In : Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 34, 1, p. 113-131 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tamil
  • marriage
  • rupture
  • village
  • religious behavior
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Tamil Cinema: the cultural politics of India's other film industry

  Velayutham, S. (ed.), 2008, London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 218 p. (Routledge Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia; vol. 14)

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology

  • film industry
  • Tamil
  • cinema
  • India
  • politics
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• The diaspora and the global circulation of Tamil cinema

  Velayutham, S., 2008, Tamil Cinema : The cultural politics of India's other film industry. Velayutham, S. (ed.). London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 172-188 17 p. (Routledge Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia; vol. 14).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Everyday racism in Singapore

  Velayutham, S., 2007, Proceedings of the Everyday Multiculturalism Conference of the CRSI. Velayutham, S., Wise, A. & a (eds.). North Ryde, NSW: Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

  • racism
  • Singapore
  • community
  • experience
  • Indonesia

• Responding to globalization: nation, culture and identity in Singapore

  Velayutham, S., 2007, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 239 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Singapore
  • nation state
  • globalization
  • national identity
  • economic success
  48 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Beyond Bollywood: India's Tamil film industry

  Velayutham, S., 2006, In : TAASA Review. 15, 1, p. 21 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

• Goddesses in Tamil cinema

  Velayutham, S. & Ram, K., 2006

  Research output: Non-traditional research output › Digital or Visual products

  • Short Film
  • Energy
  • Goddess
  • Art
  • Cinema

• Popular scholarship

  Wise, A. & Velayutham, S., 2 Aug 2006, The Australian.

  Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article

  • education

• Transnational affect and the rebellious second generation: managing shame and pride in a moment of cultural rupture

  Velayutham, S. & Wise, A., 2006.

  Research output: Working paper

  • shame
• 2005

  Moral economies of a translocal village: Obligation and shame among South Indian transnational migrants

  Velayutham, S. & Wise, A., Jan 2005, In : Global Networks. 5, 1, p. 27-47 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • shame
  • obligation
  • village
  • migrant
  • economy
  95 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Affect, materiality, and the gift of social life in Singapore

  Velayutham, S., 2004, In : Sojourn. 19, 1, p. 1-27 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • gift
  • national identity
  • Singapore
  • obligation
  • mail survey
• 2003

  Home/hotel: managing the challenge of globalisation

  Velayutham, S., 2003, Cultural citizenship: challenges of globalisation : proceedings of the International Conference on Cultural Citizenship : Challenges of Globalisation, 5-8 December, 2002. Kerr, L. (ed.). Geelong, VIC: Deakin University, p. 200-204 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution
• 2001

  Dancing with Ga(y)nesh: the politics of multicultural appropriation in Australia

  Velayutham, S. & Wise, A., 2001, In : Postcolonial Studies. 4, 2, p. 143-160 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article