Sex work and the state : during nation-building years 1959 -1999

• Main Author: Kiam, Jesslyn Jian Hui
• 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/10356/76657
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study attempts to explicate the politics of sex work spaces and health hygiene during the nation-building period in Singapore (1959 to 1990s) in which the state accentuated industrialisation. Through two case studies of sex work spaces and an investigation of the public’s sex health, this study...