Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity Media and Migration in
This project offers an understanding of the transient migration experience in Asia through the lens of communication and entertainment media. It examines the role played by digital technologies and uncovers how the combined wider field of entertainment me
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Catherine Gomes
Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in Australia and Singapore
Catherine Gomes
Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in Australia and Singapore
Catherine Gomes RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
ISBN 978-981-10-1638-7 ISBN 978-981-10-1639-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1639-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016946996 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Rafael Ben-Ari / Alamy Stock Photo. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Singapore The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #22-06/08 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Preface
My interest in transient migrants in Australia and Singapore stems from my own history and experience as a Singapore-born transient migrant in Australia and from my observations teaching and talking to the hundreds of international students I encountered in my classes. My first experience as a transient migrant took place in my late teens when I became an international student. After finishing my undergraduate degree in Perth, I returned to Singapore to work and to keep my mother company following the death of my father. My plan at the time was to live in Singapore for a year before becoming transient again as an international student; the study bug had bitten me and I was determined to do a PhD somewhere! However, due to family reasons I stayed in Singapore for a few more years, working in the civil service and completing a Masters degree at a local university instead. Still, the aspiration for transience had arrived and I finally managed to save enough money to embark on a doctoral program in Melbourne. After completing my PhD, I was fortunate enough to be offered a yearly but renewable lectureship at another university where I becam
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