The modern model family at home in Singapore: A queer geography

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-268

  Oswin, Natalie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family; Home; Housing; Postcoloniality; Queer geography; Singapore heteronormativity

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; HOUSING POLICY; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77951664617     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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