Embodying colonial discourses : vagrancy in interwar Singapore (1914-1941)

The meaning of vagrancy has changed over time and space. By using the body as a method of analysis, this thesis looks into specific shift in colonial attitude towards vagrancy. This thesis argues that a shift occurred in the interwar period. From 1915 onwards, the management of vagrancy functioned a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Linus Jian Wei
Other Authors: Jessica Hinchy
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69731