ABSTRACT

Articulating that domestic workers in Singapore are marked by their subalternity, erased from the hegemonic discursive spaces in spite of their visibility as objects in the neoliberal economy, this manuscript draws on the culture-centered approach to conceptualize listening as a structurally transformative anchor to theorizing mental health. The narratives offered by workers reveal critical insights into the way structure functions to create conditions of mental health suffering in the performance of precarious domestic work, intricately tied to the erasure of voice. The material violence on the bodies of workers relates to the everyday challenges to mental health. A lack of access to infrastructures of information and communication add to the conditions of marginality. In listening to these storied descriptions of suffering in precariousness, we hear voices revealing limited alternatives to mental health care in poor working conditions, with workers entrapped in a cycle of stress, worry, and fear.

摘要

这份手稿阐明了新加坡的家政工人的特征是他们的次要地位，尽管他们在新自由主义经济中是可见的对象，但他们从霸权的话语空间中被抹去，这份手稿借鉴了以文化为中心的方法，将倾听概念化为理论化心理的结构性变革锚健康。工人提供的叙述揭示了对结构运作方式的批判性见解，以在不稳定的家务工作中创造精神健康痛苦的条件，与消除声音错综复杂地联系在一起。对工人身体的物质暴力与心理健康面临的日常挑战有关。缺乏获得信息和通信基础设施的机会增加了边缘地位。在聆听这些关于在危险中受苦的传奇故事时，