Masters Thesis

Archipelagic Singapore: rethinking island space in the late nineteenth century

This project examines representations of Singapore in British texts from the late nineteenth century. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary sources, it focuses on two central case studies: Isabella Bird's The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither (1883) and public discourse on the Jeddah incident (1881). Through readings of these materials, the thesis argues that colonial discourses mediate both archipelagic and insular space and the racial logics that attend them. The thesis deploys methods drawn from literary studies and postcolonial theory, performing close readings of the primary texts while also interrogating the power dynamics and ideologies that shape and are shaped by them.

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