Unease: Life in Singapore Families

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<p>In Singapore, a loudly &lsquo;pro-family&rsquo; society, why is work-life balance so elusive? And why are parents so uneasy? What accounts for this gap between the lived reality and ideal narrative of Singapore families?<br/><br/>Sociologist and bestselling author Teo You Yenn turns her eyes to the contours and rhythms of life inside families, exploring how &lsquo;kiasu&rsquo; parents are made and investigating the ways in which inequality marks life in contemporary Singapore. Drawing from in-depth interviews with parents from all walks of life, Unease examines how social structures, individual strategies and common practices come to produce Singaporean &lsquo;cultures&rsquo; of doing family.<br/><br/>An incisive exposé of how the logics of hierarchy, competition and unequal worth infect ordinary people&rsquo;s lives, Unease asks what these cost parents, children and the values we hold as a society. And what possibilities are there for living differently?</p>

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