| Singing on the River: Sichuan Boatmen and Their Work Songs, 1880s - 1930s Contributor(s): Chabrowski, Igor Iwo (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004305637 ISBN-13: 9789004305632 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Modern - 18th Century - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| LCCN: 2015027421 |
| Series: China Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.40 lbs) 322 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |