Engendering the illicit: female agency and "bad women" in Malaya and Singapore, 1900-1956

This study challenges patriarchal narratives on the role of women during the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore and the early Malayan Emergency by examining how women from lower socio-economic classes navigated and subverted colonial and postcolonial authority. Faced with limited economic o...

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Main Author: Fong, Alison Min
Other Authors: Els van Dongen
Format: Thesis-Master by Research
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181835
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English