Imagining Asia: Cultural Citizenship and Nation Building in the National Museums of SingDespite widespread recognition that we are living in an era of mass globalization, there has been a startling resurgence of nationalism in many regions of the world. Alongside this development, many new national museums are being built or refurbished, pointing to the critical role the telling of history plays in processes of building national identity. From new museum construction to the re purposing of colonial monuments, and from essentialized