Sunday, October 17, 2010

About Identity (III) about Women

The topic our group presented is on the Evolution of Identity of Singapore Women.

More shall appear in the Course Blog.
Some resources (media) that we used - series of songs identifed during the session are as followed. Indeed, it brings out the distinguishing difference (and progress) across the eras:

Songs:

  1. Superwoman (1988) by Karyn White: Lyrics.
  2. Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison: Lyrics.
  3. I am Woman by Helen Reddy: Lyrics.

MP3 files of these sounds can be found at http://beemp3.com/


Mom's Song by Anita Renfroe


Dadsense by Anita Renfroe

Other references:

  1. Socyberty. (5 April 2009).The Changing Role of Women in Society. Retrieved from http://socyberty.com/issues/the-changing-role-of-women-in-society/#ixzz12WWyjg1L
  2. Marcia Reynolds. (27 June 2010). The Emerging Identity of Women. Retrieved from http://www.notjustthekitchen.com/money-finance/the-emerging-identity-of-women/
  3. Jean Lee S.K. Kathleen Campbell & Audrey Chia. (1999). The 3 Paradoxes: Working Women in Singapore. Retrieved from http://www.postcolonialweb.org/singapore/gender/3paradoxes.html
  4. EDB Singapore. (2 July 2009). The 1960s Singapore Economic Development Board. Retrieved from http://www.sedb.com/edb/sg/en_uk/index/about_edb/our_history/the_1960s.html
  5. The Development of Education in Singapore since 1965
    Background paper prepared for the Asia Education Study Tour for African Policy Makers, June 18 – 30, 2006
  6. Singapore’s female entrepreneurs – are they different? Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 5, Nos. 3/4, 2008

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