{"product_id":"remembering-the-samsui-women","title":"Remembering the Samsui Women","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately recognizable by their hong tou jin or red headscarves, Singapore's Samsui women-immigrants from the Samsui region of Guangdong, China-have become icons of Singapore's twentieth-century economic transformation. Working in construction, in factories and as domestics, the Samsui women have become celebrated in Singapore for their hard work and their resilience, and in China for the sacrifices they made for their families. Kelvin Low explores the lives and legacy of the Samsui women, both through media and state representations and through the oral histories of the women themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work sheds light on issues of their identity, both publicly constructed and self-defined, and explores why they undertook their difficult migration. Remembering the Samsui Women is an illuminating study of the connection between memory and nation, including the politics of what is remembered and what is forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKelvin E.Y. Low\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is assistant professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"APD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123231666289,"sku":"9789971698584","price":38.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Remembering_the_Samsui_Women_Migration_and_Social_Memory_in_Singapore_and_China_by_Kevin_E.Y._Low_00.jpg?v=1602761798","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/remembering-the-samsui-women","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}