ABSTRACT

I sketch a case study of late colonial, welfare-engaged women in Singapore, in a world of imperial privilege, welfare exceptionalism and late colonial fragmentation. They participated in the shaping of their colonial world, but had neither the pre-war sense of belonging, nor the post-colonial clarity of being in another world. The article draws from an archival study of social welfare in Singapore, in the late colonial period from 1945 to 1965. If we are to reclaim the colonial heritage, their lives should neither be ignored nor assigned to a past that has irretrievably been left behind.

中文翻译：

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福利世界中的晚期殖民地妇女

摘要

我勾勒了一个关于新加坡晚期殖民地、从事福利的妇女的案例研究，在一个帝国特权、福利例外主义和晚期殖民地分裂的世界中。他们参与了殖民世界的塑造，但既没有战前的归属感，也没有身处另一个世界的后殖民清晰感。这篇文章取材于 1945 年至 1965 年殖民后期时期新加坡社会福利的档案研究。如果我们要收回殖民遗产，他们的生活既不应该被忽视，也不应该归咎于已经无法挽回的过去。