Singapore’s national discourse on foreign domestic workers
Exploring perceptions of the margins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7477144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Satveer Kaur-Gill (0000-0001-8786-0561, corresponding author), Asha Rathina Pandi (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Mohan Jyoti Dutta (Massey University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 2991-3012 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1464884919879850 |
| OpenAlex | W2980823706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
Foreign domestic workers from industrializing economies migrate to Singapore to feed its labor market, meeting the growing need for performing feminized labor. Although foreign domestic workers have been an integral part of Singaporean households since the 1970s, the presence of foreign domestic workers in contemporary public discourse remains eclipsed. However, the civil society landscape has witnessed increasing articulations and mobilization of civil society actors on the rights of foreign domestic workers, framing the problems experienced by foreign domestic workers in the language of rights. Given the role of mainstream media as a developmental structure in carrying out the information dissemination function of the state in predominantly economic terms that serve the pragmatic ideology of the state, how are foreign domestic workers constructed in mainstream media discourse? What do we learn from these constructions about the interplays of feminized labor, media discourse, civil society, and the state? The article examines the kinds of media frames present in the discussion and portrayal of foreign domestic workers using a mixed-methods approach
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |