Remembering The Samsui Women

Author : Kelvin E.Y. Low
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774825782
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering the Samsui Women written by Kelvin E.Y. Low and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 factories where they were called hong tou jin, translated literally as “red-head-scarf,” after the headgear that protected them from the sun. In Singapore, the women have been celebrated as pioneering figures for their hard work and resilience, and in China for the sacrifices they made for their families. Remembering the Samsui Women looks at who these women really are and at how both countries have commemorated their experiences. It is an illuminating study of the connection between memory and nation, including the politics of what is remembered and what is forgotten.

Author : Kelvin E. Y. Low
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774825774
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering the Samsui Women written by Kelvin E. Y. Low and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembering the Samsui Women tells the story of women from the Samsui area of Guangdong, China, who 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, while others worked in households or factories where they were called hong tou jin, translated literally as "red-head-scarf," after the headgear that protected them from the sun. Contributing to current debates in the fields of social memory and migration studies, this is the first book to examine how the Samsui women remember their own migratory experiences and how they, in turn, are remembered as pioneering figures in both Singapore and China.

Author : Gunalan Nadarajan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Art in Singapore written by Gunalan Nadarajan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Zhuang Wubin
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shifting Currents written by Zhuang Wubin and published by Marshall Cavendish International (Asia). This book was released on 2018 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting Currents: Glimpses of a Changing Nation is the first book to present a significant collection of Kouo Shang-Wei's most arresting images from his lifetime of photography. Kouo Shang-Wei (1924-1988) was a passionate and talented photographer who was particularly attuned to the passing of time. Over several decades spanning the 1950s to the late 1980s, Kouo's keen eye captured thousands of images of a rapidly changing Singapore, with his viewfinder most often focusing on the evolution of the Singapore River and its immediate environs. Today, his photographs of the Singapore River, Chinatown, the OCBC Centre, Sungei Road Market, Samsui Women, and more, provide us with a precious record of the fruits and price of modernisation. The photographs included in this book were carefully curated from the Kouo Shang-Wei Collection in the National Library, Singapore, by art historian, Zhuang Wubin.

Author : Ann-Dorte Christensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788771126006
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Shipload of Women's Memories written by Ann-Dorte Christensen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on 18 life stories, as told by women over the age of 70 with roots in 27 different countries. Each story is analyzed as a unique account of individual experiences with strength, pain, and love. At the same time, their stories are a source of knowledge about major events in society over the past decades, where flight, migration, and encounters between different cultures have been a condition of life for many. Used as a framework for this book is visual artist Marit Benthe Norheim's project, Lifeboats, which consists of three sailing sculptures that symbolize different stages in women's lives: Longing-the young about to set out in life; Life-the pregnant in mid-life; and Memories-the ageing. It is the third boat and its 19 figureheads that this book is linked to. The narratives of the figureheads hold the common message that, in spite of differences, readers should remember the past and use their experiences to promote openness and tolerance. A Shipload of Women's Memories is based on a collaboration between Professor Ann-Dorte Christensen, Aalborg University, and visual artist, Marit Benthe Norheim. Journalist Marianne Knudsen contributed to the research and the interviews. This book was published with support from the Spar Nord Foundation. *** "Profusely and beautifully illustrated, 'A Shipload of Women's Memories' is impressively informative, thoughtful, and thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation making it an unreservedly recommended addition to personal reading lists, as well as community and academic library Gender Studies collections and Migration Studies supplemental reading lists." --Midwest Book Review, Reviewer's Bookwatch: April 2017, Bethany's Bookshelf Subject: Gender Studies, Migration Studies]

Author : Yayasan Seni Cemeti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fiber connections written by Yayasan Seni Cemeti and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elaine Chiew
Publisher : Myriad Editions
ISBN 13 : 1912408376
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heartsick Diaspora written by Elaine Chiew and published by Myriad Editions. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in different cities around the world, Elaine Chiew's award-winning stories travel into the heart of the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese diasporas to explore the lives of those torn between cultures and juggling divided selves. In the title story, four writers find their cultural bonds of friendship tested when a handsome young Asian writer joins their group. In other stories, a brother searches for his sister forced to serve as a comfort woman during World War Two; three Singaporean sisters run a French gourmet restaurant in New York; a woman raps about being a Tiger Mother in Belgravia; and a filmmaker struggles to document the lives of samsui women—Singapore's thrifty, hardworking construction workers. > Acutely observed, wry and playful, her stories are as worldly and emotionally resonant as the characters themselves. This fabulous debut collection heralds an exciting new literary voice.

Author : Steven B. Miles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107179920
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinese Diasporas written by Steven B. Miles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise and compelling survey of Chinese migration in global history centered on Chinese migrants and their families.

Author : Ee Waun Sim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789811831638
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Singapore Book written by Ee Waun Sim and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kum Chee Tham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Many Pathways, One Mission written by Kum Chee Tham and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: