Peasants, Proletarians and Prostitutes : A Preliminary Investigation into the Work of Chinese Women in Colonial Malaya /
Lai, Ah Eng
Peasants, Proletarians and Prostitutes : A Preliminary Investigation into the Work of Chinese Women in Colonial Malaya / Ah Eng Lai. - 1 online resource (115 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NOTES ON TERMINOLOGY AND CURRENCY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PROSTITUTION -- III. MUI TSAI IN DOMESTIC SERVITUDE -- IV. TIN MINING -- V. RUBBER ESTATE PRODUCTION -- VI. AMAH IN PAID DOMESTIC SERVICE -- VII. MANUFACTURING -- VIII. OTHER ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -- IX. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- THE AUTHOR
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This book uses a socio-historical approach with feminist insight to examine the work of Chinese women in colonial Malaya, specifically those who worked as prostitutes, mui tsai, domestic servants, tin and rubber workers, hawkers and construction workers. The study questions the view that all women in traditional society were subordinated.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789971988388 9789814345989
10.1355/9789814345989 doi
Chinese--Employment--Malaysia--Malaya.
Women--Employment--Malaysia--Malaya.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
HD6057.5.M4 / L35 2015
331.409595104
Peasants, Proletarians and Prostitutes : A Preliminary Investigation into the Work of Chinese Women in Colonial Malaya / Ah Eng Lai. - 1 online resource (115 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NOTES ON TERMINOLOGY AND CURRENCY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PROSTITUTION -- III. MUI TSAI IN DOMESTIC SERVITUDE -- IV. TIN MINING -- V. RUBBER ESTATE PRODUCTION -- VI. AMAH IN PAID DOMESTIC SERVICE -- VII. MANUFACTURING -- VIII. OTHER ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES -- IX. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- THE AUTHOR
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book uses a socio-historical approach with feminist insight to examine the work of Chinese women in colonial Malaya, specifically those who worked as prostitutes, mui tsai, domestic servants, tin and rubber workers, hawkers and construction workers. The study questions the view that all women in traditional society were subordinated.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789971988388 9789814345989
10.1355/9789814345989 doi
Chinese--Employment--Malaysia--Malaya.
Women--Employment--Malaysia--Malaya.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
HD6057.5.M4 / L35 2015
331.409595104