Using place lens : the construction of diasporic identity and a "home away from home" by foreign domestic workers in Singapore.
This research paper investigates how Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) from the Philippines use space to represent and express their identities as members of a diaspora who maintain ties transnationally with their homeland. It studies the process of place-making by looking at how FDWs form communities...
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Main Author: | Tan, Dilys Yi Fang. |
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Other Authors: | Caroline Pluss |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35266 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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