Remembering the Samsui Women
Title | Remembering the Samsui Women PDF eBook |
Author | Kelvin E. Y. Low |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2014-03-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0774825774 |
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.
Hong ri xia de hong tou jin
Title | Hong ri xia de hong tou jin PDF eBook |
Author | 林诗敏 |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | Children's stories, Chinese |
ISBN | 9789811720543 |
Contemporary Art in Singapore
Title | Contemporary Art in Singapore PDF eBook |
Author | Gunalan Nadarajan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Art, Modern |
ISBN |
Shifting Currents
Title | Shifting Currents PDF eBook |
Author | Zhuang Wubin |
Publisher | Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN |
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.
Fiber connections
Title | Fiber connections PDF eBook |
Author | Yayasan Seni Cemeti |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Art festivals |
ISBN |
Many Pathways, One Mission
Title | Many Pathways, One Mission PDF eBook |
Author | Kum Chee Tham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Sea Is Ours
Title | Sea Is Ours PDF eBook |
Author | Jaymee Goh |
Publisher | Rosarium Publishing |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2015-11-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1495607593 |
Steampunk takes on Southeast Asia in this anthology The stories in this collection merge technological wonder with the everyday. Children upgrade their fighting spiders with armor, and toymakers create punchcard-driven marionettes. Large fish lumber across the skies, while boat people find a new home on the edge of a different dimension. Technology and tradition meld as the people adapt to the changing forces of their world. The Sea Is Ours is an exciting new anthology that features stories infused with the spirits of Southeast Asia's diverse peoples, legends, and geography.