Struggling with memory

Anguish and hope in selected pandemic poems by migrant workers in Singapore

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ID13077255
AuthorsNoel Christian A Moratilla (0000-0002-2798-2337, University of the Philippines Diliman, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume9
Pages1501520-1501520
Publication date2024-12-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fsoc.2024.1501520
PMID39811482
OpenAlexW4405951956
LanguageEN
References cited14

The pandemic has tested the fortitude and resilience of a huge swath of humanity. Even measures undertaken to address the pandemic, primarily the massive vaccination campaigns, revealed a glaring disparity between and within societies. The collective grief, anxiety, and desire for survival have led to creative ways to contend with the crisis. Poetry has served as one of those strategies. This paper revolves around selected pieces of poetry particularly those with themes related to being an Asian migrant worker during the pandemic. The primary themes drawn from the poems are as follows: dealing with the changes brought about by the pandemic; concern over family; job precarity and stigmatization; and hope and resilience

Anguish · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Grief · Humanity · Literature · Pandemic · Poetry · Political science · Precarity · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science · Sociology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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