Katie D Willis
Biographic Data
| ID | 218658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katie D Willis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katie D |
| FAMILY NAME | Willis |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIS K D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Singapore Unlimited’: Transnational Elites and Negotiations of Social Identity in the Regionalization Process
Drawing on the burgeoning literature on globalization, international migration and the deterritorialization of social identity in transcultural contexts, we examine the diasporic designs of the Singapore state in its ‘goregional’ push and compare this with individual (re)negotiations of social identity as a result of relocation in China. While the state has exhorted the value of configuring a Singaporean diasporic identity which facilitates cultu…
Introduction: Transnationalism and its edges
Work on transnationalism potentially reshapes the way we think of key concepts which serve to 'ground' contemporary social life in specific localities as well as those which 'transgress' or 'destabilize' these groundings. Focusing on the 'edges' of transnationalism as sites of analysis allows us to consider these local identifications and transgressive unmoorings within the same frame. We discuss two main themes which have emerged in the literatu…
Gender and Transnational Household Strategies: Singaporean Migration to China
Regional Studies
Negotiating Dualisms: Women, Locality and Employment Opportunities in Oaxaca City, Mexico
This paper examines the validity of the public/private and reproductive/productive dichotomies commonly adopted in the analysis of gender and employment. It considers three aspects of the dualisms: spatial division, activity patterns and the construction of identities. The discussion is based on fieldwork undertaken in three districts of Oaxaca City, Mexico, between 1992 and 1995. While recognising the usefulness of spatial dualisms within Mexica…
Introduction: Transnationalism and its edges
Work on transnationalism potentially reshapes the way we think of key concepts which serve to 'ground' contemporary social life in specific localities as well as those which 'transgress' or 'destabilize' these groundings. Focusing on the 'edges' of transnationalism as sites of analysis allows us to consider these local identifications and transgressive unmoorings within the same frame. We discuss two main themes which have emerged in the literatu…
Gender and Transnational Household Strategies: Singaporean Migration to China
Regional Studies
Singapore Unlimited’: Transnational Elites and Negotiations of Social Identity in the Regionalization Process
Drawing on the burgeoning literature on globalization, international migration and the deterritorialization of social identity in transcultural contexts, we examine the diasporic designs of the Singapore state in its ‘goregional’ push and compare this with individual (re)negotiations of social identity as a result of relocation in China. While the state has exhorted the value of configuring a Singaporean diasporic identity which facilitates cultu…
Negotiating Dualisms: Women, Locality and Employment Opportunities in Oaxaca City, Mexico
This paper examines the validity of the public/private and reproductive/productive dichotomies commonly adopted in the analysis of gender and employment. It considers three aspects of the dualisms: spatial division, activity patterns and the construction of identities. The discussion is based on fieldwork undertaken in three districts of Oaxaca City, Mexico, between 1992 and 1995. While recognising the usefulness of spatial dualisms within Mexica…
Gender and Transnational Household Strategies: Singaporean Migration to China
Regional Studies
Introduction: Transnationalism and its edges
Work on transnationalism potentially reshapes the way we think of key concepts which serve to 'ground' contemporary social life in specific localities as well as those which 'transgress' or 'destabilize' these groundings. Focusing on the 'edges' of transnationalism as sites of analysis allows us to consider these local identifications and transgressive unmoorings within the same frame. We discuss two main themes which have emerged in the literatu…
Singapore Unlimited’: Transnational Elites and Negotiations of Social Identity in the Regionalization Process
Drawing on the burgeoning literature on globalization, international migration and the deterritorialization of social identity in transcultural contexts, we examine the diasporic designs of the Singapore state in its ‘goregional’ push and compare this with individual (re)negotiations of social identity as a result of relocation in China. While the state has exhorted the value of configuring a Singaporean diasporic identity which facilitates cultu…
Economic geography (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · China (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Globalization (2 works)