Policing gender : queer-women and hetero-normative politics in Singapore.
This study seeks to fill the gap in the current literature on non-normative sexuality in Singapore by melding gender and sexuality in analysing non-normative sexuality. It explores how gender intersects with sexuality, (re)producing different lived experiences for Singaporean queer-women. The focus...
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| author | Muhammad Kamal Jauhari Zaini. |
| author2 | Caroline Pluss |
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| description | This study seeks to fill the gap in the current literature on non-normative sexuality in Singapore by melding gender and sexuality in analysing non-normative sexuality. It explores how gender intersects with sexuality, (re)producing different lived experiences for Singaporean queer-women. The focus on exploring these “ground-level” realities is critical in light of the current literature that has remained largely at state discourse analyses. Drawing on in-depth interview data, I argue on the importance of exploring the lived experiences of Singaporean queer-women to fully comprehend the costs and consequences of living in a predominantly hetero-normative environment – costs that are at times too severe to be ignored. Yet, despite experiencing hetero-normative constraints, respondents are still able to work within these constraints to create viable lives for themselves and others –concomitantly opening up a discussion on women‟s agency, which has been at the core of liberal feminist discussions on women‟s oppression. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/482292019-12-10T11:58:50Z Policing gender : queer-women and hetero-normative politics in Singapore. Muhammad Kamal Jauhari Zaini. Caroline Pluss School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology This study seeks to fill the gap in the current literature on non-normative sexuality in Singapore by melding gender and sexuality in analysing non-normative sexuality. It explores how gender intersects with sexuality, (re)producing different lived experiences for Singaporean queer-women. The focus on exploring these “ground-level” realities is critical in light of the current literature that has remained largely at state discourse analyses. Drawing on in-depth interview data, I argue on the importance of exploring the lived experiences of Singaporean queer-women to fully comprehend the costs and consequences of living in a predominantly hetero-normative environment – costs that are at times too severe to be ignored. Yet, despite experiencing hetero-normative constraints, respondents are still able to work within these constraints to create viable lives for themselves and others –concomitantly opening up a discussion on women‟s agency, which has been at the core of liberal feminist discussions on women‟s oppression. Bachelor of Arts 2012-03-29T08:14:11Z 2012-03-29T08:14:11Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48229 en Nanyang Technological University 37 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Policing gender : queer-women and hetero-normative politics in Singapore. |
| title_full | Policing gender : queer-women and hetero-normative politics in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Policing gender : queer-women and hetero-normative politics in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Policing gender : queer-women and hetero-normative politics in Singapore. |
| title_short | Policing gender : queer-women and hetero-normative politics in Singapore. |
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