The issue of class identities and 'middle-classness' in contemporary Singapore.

The issue of class identities and 'middle-classness' in contemporary Singapore.

The primary goal of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of class identities amongst the middle-class in Singapore and how they negotiate their identity against their consumption behaviour. Positioning the research in the context of capitalist and consumer-driven contemporary Singapore, I re...

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Main Author: Yuslina Abdul Aziz.
Other Authors: Zhou Wubiao
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51746
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-517462019-12-10T11:18:34Z The issue of class identities and 'middle-classness' in contemporary Singapore. Yuslina Abdul Aziz. Zhou Wubiao School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races The primary goal of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of class identities amongst the middle-class in Singapore and how they negotiate their identity against their consumption behaviour. Positioning the research in the context of capitalist and consumer-driven contemporary Singapore, I relied on Thorstein Veblen‟s „Theory of the Leisure Class‟ as an overarching framework to explore the process of the negotiation of class identities. Through interviews with twenty Singaporean households, findings reveal that the issue of class identities varied in the milieu of differing age groups. These findings are later linked to broader changes and eventually highlighted the continued existence of class in Singapore. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-09T05:21:12Z 2013-04-09T05:21:12Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51746 en Nanyang Technological University 36 p. application/pdf
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The issue of class identities and 'middle-classness' in contemporary Singapore.
description The primary goal of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of class identities amongst the middle-class in Singapore and how they negotiate their identity against their consumption behaviour. Positioning the research in the context of capitalist and consumer-driven contemporary Singapore, I relied on Thorstein Veblen‟s „Theory of the Leisure Class‟ as an overarching framework to explore the process of the negotiation of class identities. Through interviews with twenty Singaporean households, findings reveal that the issue of class identities varied in the milieu of differing age groups. These findings are later linked to broader changes and eventually highlighted the continued existence of class in Singapore.
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title The issue of class identities and 'middle-classness' in contemporary Singapore.
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