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Negotiating Public Space: Strategies and Styles of Migrant Female Domestic Workers in Singapore

Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, geoysa{at}nus.edu.sg

Shirlena Huang

Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, geoslena{at}nus.edu.sg

This paper investigates migrant domestic workers as a marginalised group in Singapore's urban landscape by examining the ways in which their social maps are structured and negotiated in relation to public space. It argues that the phenomenon of the 'divided city' evident in capitalist societies which reflects and reinforces the sexual division of labour in general is even more salient in the lived experiences of migrant female domestic workers who must contend not simply with the spatial expressions of patriarchy, but also with racialisation and other means of segregation. However, it is clear that these women are not entirely passive recipients of dominant practices and ideas, but are capable of different styles and strategies in the use, colonisation and even contestation of public domains.

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