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Peasants, Proletarians and Prostitutes : A Preliminary Investigation into the Work of Chinese Women in Colonial Malaya / Ah Eng Lai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [1986]Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (115 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789971988388
  • 9789814345989
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.409595104 19
LOC classification:
  • HD6057.5.M4 L35 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789814345989

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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)