Sex work and the state : during nation-building years 1959 -1999
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...
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| author | Kiam, Jesslyn Jian Hui |
| author2 | Jessica Bridgette Hinchy |
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| description | 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 will argue that Singapore had constructed a productive state identity imperative for its nation-building period in 1959 to 1990s. Firstly, urban redevelopments carried out by the state had segregated “licensed” sex work areas to a moral geography, so as to underline heteronormativity as indispensable to a productive state identity, yet, illuminated the inequalities in the practice of sex work and sex workers. Secondly, the state reconfigured medical spaces to assemble and strengthen their medical knowledge on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and to use the knowledge as an apparatus of power to discipline and regulate the health of the sex workers and the public. It aimed to ensure a safe and healthy present and future working population that was essential for a productive state identity. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/766572019-12-10T12:32:07Z Sex work and the state : during nation-building years 1959 -1999 Kiam, Jesslyn Jian Hui Jessica Bridgette Hinchy School of Humanities DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Social aspects 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 will argue that Singapore had constructed a productive state identity imperative for its nation-building period in 1959 to 1990s. Firstly, urban redevelopments carried out by the state had segregated “licensed” sex work areas to a moral geography, so as to underline heteronormativity as indispensable to a productive state identity, yet, illuminated the inequalities in the practice of sex work and sex workers. Secondly, the state reconfigured medical spaces to assemble and strengthen their medical knowledge on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and to use the knowledge as an apparatus of power to discipline and regulate the health of the sex workers and the public. It aimed to ensure a safe and healthy present and future working population that was essential for a productive state identity. Bachelor of Arts in History 2019-04-02T06:26:41Z 2019-04-02T06:26:41Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76657 en Nanyang Technological University 51 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Sex work and the state : during nation-building years 1959 -1999 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Sex work and the state : during nation-building years 1959 -1999 |
| title_short | Sex work and the state : during nation-building years 1959 -1999 |
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