Falling short : class and the performance of the familial
The family is framed as central in contemporary Singapore. Both discursively and practically, membership in a narrowly-defined family has significant consequence for both symbolic worth and access to public goods. In this paper, I examine the conditions necessary for performing middle-class ideal...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147649 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The family is framed as central in contemporary Singapore. Both discursively and
practically, membership in a narrowly-defined family has significant consequence for
both symbolic worth and access to public goods. In this paper, I examine the conditions
necessary for performing middle-class ideals of family, and the ways in which families
with low-income do not have them. The case of Singapore demonstrates the pitfalls of
assuming universality in the familial form. In particular, it challenges the fairness of
welfare policies that embed within them narrow notions of familial forms and relations. |
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