Remembering the Samsui women : migration and social memory in Singapore and China /

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In the early twentieth century, thousands of women from the Samsui area of Guangdong, China migrated to Singapore during a period of economic and natural calamity, leaving their families behind. In their new country, many found work in the construction industry, with others working in households or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Low, Kelvin E. Y. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2014]
Colección:Contemporary Chinese studies.
Temas:
1900-1999
Samsui women > Singapore > History > 20th century.
Samsui women > China > Guangdong Sheng > History > 20th century.
Samsui women > Singapore > Social conditions > 20th century.
Samsui women > China > Guangdong Sheng > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women immigrants > Singapore > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > Political aspects > Singapore.
Collective memory > Political aspects > China > Guangdong Sheng.
Femmes samsui > Singapour > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes samsui > Chine > Guangdong (Sheng) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes samsui > Singapour > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Femmes samsui > Chine > Guangdong (Sheng) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Immigrantes > Singapour > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mémoire collective > Aspect politique > Singapour.
Mémoire collective > Aspect politique > Chine > Guangdong (Sheng)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Emigration and immigration > Historiography.
Samsui women.
Women immigrants.
Singapore > Emigration and immigration > Historiography.
Guangdong Sheng (China) > Emigration and immigration > Historiography.
Guangdong (Chine : Sheng) > Émigration et immigration > Historiographie.
China > Guangdong Sheng.
Singapore.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chinese migration and entangled histories
  • Politics of memory making
  • Local and transnational entanglements
  • From China to Singapore
  • Beyond working lives
  • Samsui women Ma Cheh, and other foreign workers
  • Conclusion: social constructions of the past.

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