| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 311 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
China Studies
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China Studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The social origins of the songs -- The sounds of the river -- Mapping the river world -- Where do we belong -- On women and love. |
| Summary |
Singing on the river' by Igor Chabrowski, based on Sichuan boatmen's work songs (haozi), explores the little known world of mentality and self-representation of Chinese workers from the late 19th century until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937). Chabrowski demonstrates how river workers constructed and interpreted their world, work, and gender in context of the dissolving social, cultural, and political orders. Boatmen asserted their own values, bemoaned exploitation, and imagined their sexuality largely in order to cope with their low social status. Through studying the Sichuan boatmen we gain an insight into the ways in which twentieth-century nonindustrial Chinese workers imagined their place in the society and appropriated, without challenging them, the traditional values. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Work songs -- China -- Sichuan Sheng -- History and criticism.
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Work songs. |
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China -- Sichuan Sheng. |
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Boaters (Persons) -- China -- Sichuan Sheng -- Social conditions.
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Boaters (Persons) |
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Social conditions. |
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Sichuan Sheng (China) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chabrowski, Igor Iwo. Singing on the river. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015] 9789004305632 (DLC) 2015027421 (OCoLC)914296273 |
| ISBN |
9789004305649 (electronic book) |
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9004305645 (electronic book) |
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9789004305632 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004305637 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004305649 |
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