Maid-in-Singapore
Representing and consuming foreign domestic workers in Singapore cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6039320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Gomes (0000-0003-3429-9330, RMIT University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-154 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Ethnicity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1369 • E-ISSN: 1469-2953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14631369.2011.571834 |
| OpenAlex | W1982780989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 12 |
The Maid, a Singapore-made horror film featuring a foreign domestic worker as its protagonist, was released in 2005 to very favourable reviews in the local press. The critical audience generally used the film to praise the development of the local film industry while ignoring the social commentary of the foreign domestic worker experience in Singapore. This paper aims to address this lack of commentary on the issues and circumstances surrounding foreign domestic service in The Maid. Doing so reveals a multilayered representation of order in Singapore based firmly on ethnicity and class, where the images of foreign maids are dramatised, reconstructed and consumed in various discursive forms by various social agents
Art · Business · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Immigration · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Praise · Sociology · Visual arts · Working class · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |