WPS 240 Love on the Run: Transmigration, Emotions, and Governmentality Among Filipino Domestic Workers in Singapore and Thailand

Migration studies almost always tend to emphasize economic factors as the overriding motivation for leaving and are always couched in terms of searching for better sources of livelihood. Where studies have shifted to the emotional sphere, these usually focus on the destruction of the intimate relations particularly among those who have been left behind by […]

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Migration studies almost always tend to emphasize economic factors as the overriding motivation for leaving and are always couched in terms of searching for better sources of livelihood. Where studies have shifted to the emotional sphere, these usually focus on the destruction of the intimate relations particularly among those who have been left behind by

Shi‘ism in South East Asia: ‘Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions

This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of ‘Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of ‘Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for ‘Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasises how such sentiments and associated

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This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of ‘Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of ‘Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for ‘Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasises how such sentiments and associated

Asian Population Studies (Vol. 11 No. 3)

Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population

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Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population

Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India

Nation at play is a novel history of India’s engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and political development under monarchy and the raj, as well as in the decades after independence. Interestingly, over time, some sports that originated in India have fallen out of favour, while others, such as cricket, a

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Nation at play is a novel history of India’s engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and political development under monarchy and the raj, as well as in the decades after independence. Interestingly, over time, some sports that originated in India have fallen out of favour, while others, such as cricket, a

Journal of Marriage and Family – Special Section: Asian Families in Context (Vol. 77 Issue 5)

East Asian societies have undergone major changes in the past few decades, including substantial declines in marriage and fertility. This special section of Asian Families in Context sketches commonalities and variations in patterns of marriage and family behavior in this region and discusses relevant theoretical frameworks from  Western literature. The six empirical studies discuss their

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East Asian societies have undergone major changes in the past few decades, including substantial declines in marriage and fertility. This special section of Asian Families in Context sketches commonalities and variations in patterns of marriage and family behavior in this region and discusses relevant theoretical frameworks from  Western literature. The six empirical studies discuss their

WPS 239 “Bringing the Future into the Present”: Why a Feminist Framework is Critical in Assessing Old Age Preparedness

Focusing on women as they are more likely to face greater disadvantages compared with their male counterparts because of gender differentials they might have faced throughout the life course, the paper examines the potential barriers for old age preparedness among women in Singapore. Based on secondary literature, the paper interrogates whether women in Singapore are

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Focusing on women as they are more likely to face greater disadvantages compared with their male counterparts because of gender differentials they might have faced throughout the life course, the paper examines the potential barriers for old age preparedness among women in Singapore. Based on secondary literature, the paper interrogates whether women in Singapore are

WPS 238 Liquid Geographies: India in the Oceanic Imaginary

In the construction of national space, is there a contrast between continental and oceanic determinants? I consider this question by looking at how India was conceptualized, conceived, imaged, and imagined in the first half of the 20th century, before it became independent. More specifically, how did the idea of India came to be articulated from two

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In the construction of national space, is there a contrast between continental and oceanic determinants? I consider this question by looking at how India was conceptualized, conceived, imaged, and imagined in the first half of the 20th century, before it became independent. More specifically, how did the idea of India came to be articulated from two

World Art – Special Issue: Negotiating Histories: Traditions in Modern and Contemporary Asia-Pacific Art (Vol. 5 No. 1)

The idea and the title for this special issue originally came from the symposium ‘Negotiating Histories: Traditions in Modern and Contemporary Asia-Pacific Art’ organized by the Tate Research Centre Asia-Pacific on 21 October 2013. The symposium’s focus was on the ‘issues around traditions in modern and contemporary Asia-Pacific art, focusing on how art history is

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The idea and the title for this special issue originally came from the symposium ‘Negotiating Histories: Traditions in Modern and Contemporary Asia-Pacific Art’ organized by the Tate Research Centre Asia-Pacific on 21 October 2013. The symposium’s focus was on the ‘issues around traditions in modern and contemporary Asia-Pacific art, focusing on how art history is

Media at Work in China and India: Discovering and Dissecting

Anyone who visits India or China will puzzle over their vast media systems. Though they exercise immense influence, the world knows very little about the media landscape in the two countries. The world’s two most populous countries, comprising close to 40 per cent of the global population, have disputed boundaries and the legacy of the

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Anyone who visits India or China will puzzle over their vast media systems. Though they exercise immense influence, the world knows very little about the media landscape in the two countries. The world’s two most populous countries, comprising close to 40 per cent of the global population, have disputed boundaries and the legacy of the

Ethnography – Special Issue: Doing Asian Cities (Vol. 16 No. 3)

This special issue seeks to highlight the ways in which diverse Asian cities – Mumbai,Seoul, Singapore – exceed current urban theorization. Modest, but nonetheless more-than-local re-theorization, can proceed from such empirical excess, which itself can onlybe derived from sustained ethnographic examination of cities in all their diversity.Relatedly, we cast Asia as a frontier for ethnographic

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This special issue seeks to highlight the ways in which diverse Asian cities – Mumbai,Seoul, Singapore – exceed current urban theorization. Modest, but nonetheless more-than-local re-theorization, can proceed from such empirical excess, which itself can onlybe derived from sustained ethnographic examination of cities in all their diversity.Relatedly, we cast Asia as a frontier for ethnographic