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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Lai, Ah Eng,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1986]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 1986
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (115 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814345989; 9783110649680; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814345989
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ah Eng Lai.

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.