Anne‐marie Hilsdon
Biographic Data
| ID | 122984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne‐marie Hilsdon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne‐marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Hilsdon |
| SIGNATURE | HILSDON A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Invisible Bodies: Gender, Conflict and Peace in Mindanao
Racialised sexualities: The case of Filipina migrant workers in East Malaysia
In national narratives of ‘Malayness’, a specific language (Malay) and religion (Islam) have become key aspects of an identity that excludes migrants and those of ‘questionable’ sexualities. Consequently Filipina migrants working in the nightlife industries in East Malaysia have been subjected to disciplinary discourses of ethnicity and sexuality that underpin these national narratives. Attempts to tighten migration laws and curb nightlife activi…
Introduction: Reconsidering Agency—Feminist Anthropologies in Asia
The five articles in this Special Issue are introduced by contextualising them broadly within feminist poststructuralist, postcolonial and anthropological approaches. After a brief exploration of methodologies that link ethnography with poetics and historical analysis, a general theoretical critique of modern Western forms of agency, especially liberal notions of autonomous rational choice, is offered. Western philosophy and theory, argues the au…
Transnationalism and Agency in East Malaysia: Filipina Migrants in the Nightlife Industries
East Malaysia's vibrant nightlife is a lucrative industry employing many Filipina migrants. The paper addresses the impact on Filipinas of discursive regimes of work, the state and family. These are derived from national discourses of ethnicity, class and nation intertwined with dominant discourses of womanhood in both Malaysia and the Philippines. The paper argues that in transnational space disciplinary regimes are heavily constraining, but res…
Migration and human rights: The case of Filipino Muslim women in Sabah, Malaysia
Special issue on Islam, gender and human rights
What the Papers Say: Representing Violence Against Overseas Contract Workers
This article explores the case of Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino domestic worker in Singapore who was sentenced to death in 1995 for the supposed murder of a young boy. The totally different versions of the case presented by the media, especially the Singapore and Philippine presses, are explored. Violence against overseas domestic workers has long been acknowledged in sociological research. However, previous media analyses of the Contemplacion c…
Special issue on Islam, gender and human rights
Racialised sexualities: The case of Filipina migrant workers in East Malaysia
In national narratives of ‘Malayness’, a specific language (Malay) and religion (Islam) have become key aspects of an identity that excludes migrants and those of ‘questionable’ sexualities. Consequently Filipina migrants working in the nightlife industries in East Malaysia have been subjected to disciplinary discourses of ethnicity and sexuality that underpin these national narratives. Attempts to tighten migration laws and curb nightlife activi…
What the Papers Say: Representing Violence Against Overseas Contract Workers
This article explores the case of Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino domestic worker in Singapore who was sentenced to death in 1995 for the supposed murder of a young boy. The totally different versions of the case presented by the media, especially the Singapore and Philippine presses, are explored. Violence against overseas domestic workers has long been acknowledged in sociological research. However, previous media analyses of the Contemplacion c…
Invisible Bodies: Gender, Conflict and Peace in Mindanao
Migration and human rights: The case of Filipino Muslim women in Sabah, Malaysia
What the Papers Say: Representing Violence Against Overseas Contract Workers
This article explores the case of Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino domestic worker in Singapore who was sentenced to death in 1995 for the supposed murder of a young boy. The totally different versions of the case presented by the media, especially the Singapore and Philippine presses, are explored. Violence against overseas domestic workers has long been acknowledged in sociological research. However, previous media analyses of the Contemplacion c…
Migration and human rights: The case of Filipino Muslim women in Sabah, Malaysia
Special issue on Islam, gender and human rights
Introduction: Reconsidering Agency—Feminist Anthropologies in Asia
The five articles in this Special Issue are introduced by contextualising them broadly within feminist poststructuralist, postcolonial and anthropological approaches. After a brief exploration of methodologies that link ethnography with poetics and historical analysis, a general theoretical critique of modern Western forms of agency, especially liberal notions of autonomous rational choice, is offered. Western philosophy and theory, argues the au…
Transnationalism and Agency in East Malaysia: Filipina Migrants in the Nightlife Industries
East Malaysia's vibrant nightlife is a lucrative industry employing many Filipina migrants. The paper addresses the impact on Filipinas of discursive regimes of work, the state and family. These are derived from national discourses of ethnicity, class and nation intertwined with dominant discourses of womanhood in both Malaysia and the Philippines. The paper argues that in transnational space disciplinary regimes are heavily constraining, but res…
Racialised sexualities: The case of Filipina migrant workers in East Malaysia
In national narratives of ‘Malayness’, a specific language (Malay) and religion (Islam) have become key aspects of an identity that excludes migrants and those of ‘questionable’ sexualities. Consequently Filipina migrants working in the nightlife industries in East Malaysia have been subjected to disciplinary discourses of ethnicity and sexuality that underpin these national narratives. Attempts to tighten migration laws and curb nightlife activi…
Invisible Bodies: Gender, Conflict and Peace in Mindanao
Gender Studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Asian Studies and History (3 works)