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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Main Author: | Teo, Youyenn |
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Other Authors: | Yeung, Jean Wei-Jun |
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 |
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