Going Home to Cry: An Analysis of Labour Migrant Letters

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dc.title	Going Home to Cry: An Analysis of Labour Migrant Letters
dc.contributor.author	Mani, A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-12-13T05:32:24Z
dc.date.available	2016-12-13T05:32:24Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.identifier.citation	Mani, A. (1996). Going Home to Cry: An Analysis of Labour Migrant Letters. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science 24 (2) : 84-98. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
dc.identifier.issn	03038246
dc.identifier.uri	http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/132431
dc.description.abstract	Examines letters written by 300 Tamil migrant workers in Malaya & Singapore in 1962 to explore their social disorganization in homeland India & social reorganization in Malaya, focusing on the social disorganization theory proposed by W. Thomas & Florian Znaniecki (1984). The letters also provide information on living conditions aboard the ships, preparation for travel, & life in India, including the treatment by Indian customs officials. The importance of the village migrant workers' ethnic identity in multiracial Malaya is also discussed. C. Haywood.
dc.source	Scopus
dc.type	Article
dc.contributor.department	SOCIOLOGY
dc.description.sourcetitle	Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science
dc.description.volume	24
dc.description.issue	2
dc.description.page	84-98
dc.description.coden	SJSSA
dc.identifier.isiut	NOT_IN_WOS
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