Falling short : class and the performance of the familial
The family is framed as central in contemporary Singapore. Both discursively and practically, membership in a narrowly-defined family has significant consequence for both symbolic worth and access to public goods. In this paper, I examine the conditions necessary for performing middle-class ideal...
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| author | Teo, Youyenn |
| author2 | Yeung, Jean Wei-Jun |
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| description | The family is framed as central in contemporary Singapore. Both discursively and
practically, membership in a narrowly-defined family has significant consequence for
both symbolic worth and access to public goods. In this paper, I examine the conditions
necessary for performing middle-class ideals of family, and the ways in which families
with low-income do not have them. The case of Singapore demonstrates the pitfalls of
assuming universality in the familial form. In particular, it challenges the fairness of
welfare policies that embed within them narrow notions of familial forms and relations. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1476492023-03-11T20:21:42Z Falling short : class and the performance of the familial Teo, Youyenn Yeung, Jean Wei-Jun Hu, Shu School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women Gender Policy The family is framed as central in contemporary Singapore. Both discursively and practically, membership in a narrowly-defined family has significant consequence for both symbolic worth and access to public goods. In this paper, I examine the conditions necessary for performing middle-class ideals of family, and the ways in which families with low-income do not have them. The case of Singapore demonstrates the pitfalls of assuming universality in the familial form. In particular, it challenges the fairness of welfare policies that embed within them narrow notions of familial forms and relations. Accepted version 2021-04-08T06:46:14Z 2021-04-08T06:46:14Z 2018 Book Chapter Teo, Y. (2018). Falling short : class and the performance of the familial. Yeung, J. W. & Hu, S. (Eds.), Family and Population Change in Singapore: A unique case in the global family change (pp. 96-111). Routledge. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147649 978-0-81-536332-3 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147649 96 111 en RG74/12 Family and Population Change in Singapore: A unique case in the global family change This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Family and Population Change in Singapore: A unique case in the global family change on April 16, 2020, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780815363323. application/pdf Routledge |
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