Peasants, Proletarians and Prostitutes: A Preliminary Investigation into the Work of Chinese Women in Colonial Malaya

Peasants, Proletarians and Prostitutes

A Preliminary Investigation into the Work of Chinese Women in Colonial Malaya

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Publisher:: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
Online publication date:: October 2015
Print publication year:: 1986
Online ISBN:: 9789814345989

Series:: Research Notes and Discussion Papers
Subjects:: Sociology of Gender, Sociology

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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.

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Peasants, Proletarians and Prostitutes

A Preliminary Investigation into the Work of Chinese Women in Colonial Malaya

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

Preface
pp v-vii

Notes on Terminology and Currency
pp viii-viii

I - Introduction
pp 1-26

II - Prostitution
pp 27-44

III - Mui Tsai in Domestic Servitude
pp 45-55

IV - Tin Mining
pp 56-67

V - Rubber Estate Production
pp 68-76

VI - Amah in Paid Domestic Service
pp 77-89

VII - Manufacturing
pp 90-96

VIII - Other Economic Activities
pp 97-104

VIX - Conclusion
pp 105-109

Bibliography
pp 110-115

The Author
pp 116-116

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