“Cooking” : how it contributes to the Malay feminine identity.

• Main Author: Khaula Nurul Aasyikin Munawar.
• Other Authors: Geoffrey Benjamin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/33917
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper discusses how foodwork plays a role in the construction of identity for modern-day mothers in Singapore. I examine how cooking as a tool, to expressing ideals of motherhood and domesticity factors, is affected by factors such as the presence of a domestic helper, the use of convenience fo...