Dancing into modernity : Singapore’s cabaret girls, 1930s-1970s

• Main Author: Kee, Andrea Hwee Yee
• Other Authors: Jessica Bridgette Hinchy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Social aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76596
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore’s cabaret girls have recently made their way back into mainstream media thanks to local best-selling author Adeline Foo’s book, which documents their lives and efforts in overcoming negative perceptions. This thesis offers a different perspective by examining how discourses of gender and m...