The #Fitmom : qualitative study on Singaporean mothers, their bodies and the reproduction of class inequality

• Main Author: Pandiyarasi Chidambanathan Subramanian
• Other Authors: Premchand Varma Dommaraju
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities; DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73692
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study seeked to explore the malleability and the vulnerability of a mother’s body, under the influence of Instagram, in the Singaporean context. Interviews with nine mothers were conducted to gain insight into how the #Fitmom phenomenon had influenced the body ideals of mothers in Singapore. Be...