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1. 1. Marrying from 'Asia' to Singapore: gendered and ethnicized citizenship

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Tingting Chen; [2010]
   Keywords : Economic difficulties; the Nation; Reproduction; Foreign bride; Citizenship; Narrative; Discourse; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is to look into media representation on issues that involve female marriage migrants, in particular, in relation to citizenship, in Singapore, one of the most popular destinations of marriage migration in Asia. Categorized and labeled as “foreign brides” in Singapore, these foreign-born women have long suffered from biased or one-dimensional representation in the local media, particularly, when the representation denotes to their citizenships. READ MORE