'Proper' Sikh woman and the female Sikh migrant to Singapore in the mid 20th century
This essay argues that the Female Sikh Migrant to Singapore in the Mid 20th century was not a passive but an active migrant. She was able to renegotiate gender norms and assert her agency in both the private and public spaces.By doing so, she was able to alter patriarchal hierarchy of the society an...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-662822019-12-10T12:17:13Z 'Proper' Sikh woman and the female Sikh migrant to Singapore in the mid 20th century Rajveen Kaur Aujla Jessica Hinchy School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities This essay argues that the Female Sikh Migrant to Singapore in the Mid 20th century was not a passive but an active migrant. She was able to renegotiate gender norms and assert her agency in both the private and public spaces.By doing so, she was able to alter patriarchal hierarchy of the society and ideas of how a 'proper' Sikh woman should behave. Bachelor of Arts 2016-03-23T03:13:55Z 2016-03-23T03:13:55Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66282 en Nanyang Technological University 42 p. application/pdf |
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This essay argues that the Female Sikh Migrant to Singapore in the Mid 20th century was not a passive but an active migrant. She was able to renegotiate gender norms and assert her agency in both the private and public spaces.By doing so, she was able to alter patriarchal hierarchy of the society and ideas of how a 'proper' Sikh woman should behave. |
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