Remembering the Samsui Women - Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China

Informationen zum Autor Kelvin E.Y. Low Klappentext Kelvin E.Y. Low is an assistant professor of sociology at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of Scents and Scent-sibilities: Smell and Everyday Life Experiences (2009) and co-editor of Everyday Life in Asia: Social Perspectives on the Senses (2010). Zusammenfassung A study of the Samsui women who migrated from China to Singapore! where they have been commemorated as nation-builders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Chinese Migration and Entangled Histories2 Politics of Memory Making3 Local and Transnational Entanglements4 From China to Singapore5 Beyond Working Lives6 Samsui Women, Ma Cheh, and Other Foreign WorkersConclusion: Social Constructions of the PastGlossary; Notes; References; Index

Product details

• Authors: Kelvin E Y Low, Kelvin E. Y. Low, Kelvin E.Y. Low
• Publisher: University Of British Columbia
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2015
• EAN: 9780774825764
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-2576-4
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories