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In the Mood for Cheongsam

By: Chor Lin Lee,May Khuen Chung

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Spanning almost a century, this book examines the origins and development of the cheongsam in the social context of Singapore since its introduction from Shanghai, China, in the 1920s to the present day. The cheongsam, a one-piece Chinese ladies' dress that was the epitome of Chinese identity and feminine beauty during the middle decades of the 20th century. Initially seen as a symbol of a trendy, new, Republican China, shorn of the shackles of the imperial system, the cheongsam soon adopted intellectual overtones, and was favoured by the sophisticated and society's elite at elaborate social functions. When it was abandoned following the success of the Communist Party in China, the cheongsam survived in Singapore as the garment of choice for independent, educated women.

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Editions Didier Millet

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9814260924

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9789814260923

Chapters on Asia: Selected Papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2020)

By: Anh Sy Huy Le,Lee Chor Lin,Mohamed Qusairy Bin Thaha

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Chapters on Asia: Selected Papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2020)

By: Anh Sy Huy Le,Lee Chor Lin,Mohamed Qusairy Bin Thaha

Chapters on Asia features selected papers written by scholars who have been awarded the National Library’s Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship. These works examine the history and heritage of Singapore and the region, and contain fresh research based on materials and resources from the collections of the National Library and National Archives of Singapore.

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National Library Board

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9811814341

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Technology and Entrepôt Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940

By: Goh Chor Boon

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Technology and Entrepôt Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940

By: Goh Chor Boon

How did imported technology contribute to the development of the colony of Singapore? Who were the main agents of change in this process? Was there extensive transfer and diffusion of Western science and technology into the port-city? How did the people respond to change? Examining areas such as shipping, port development, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany, electrification, food production and retailing, science and technical education, and health, this book documents the role of technology and, to a smaller extent, science, in the transformation of colonial Singapore before 1940. In doing so, this book hopes to provide a new dimension to the historiography of Singapore from a "science, technology and society" perspective.

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287

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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9814414085

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9789814414081

Directional Particles in Cantonese

Form, function, and grammaticalization

By: Winnie Chor

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Directional Particles in Cantonese

Form, function, and grammaticalization

By: Winnie Chor

This book is the first on Cantonese that deals with the grammaticalization phenomenon systematically. Focusing on a group of twelve directional particles, this book tracks their grammaticalization pathways from full-fledged directional verbs, to directional particles indicating meanings relating to tense-aspect, modality, and quantification, in the post-verbal position. Some of these particles have undergone further grammaticalization to convey speaker’s subjective as well as intersubjective stances. This book is also unique in its diachronic component. Examples in the book are drawn from various sources including early Cantonese pedagogical texts, Cantonese films, and contemporary Cantonese corpora, with data ranging from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. This book will be a valuable resource not only for all linguists interested in the development of grammatical forms, but also for teachers and students in conversation/discourse analysis, psychology, and anthropology interested in deepening their understanding of the interaction between language structure and use.

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John Benjamins Publishing Company

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9027264430

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9789027264435

In the Mood for Cheongsam

By: Chor Lin Lee,May Khuen Chung

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By: Chor Lin Lee,May Khuen Chung

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Editions Didier Millet

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In the Mood for Cheongsam

In the Mood for Cheongsam

Chapters on Asia: Selected Papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2020)

Chapters on Asia: Selected Papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2020)

Technology and Entrepôt Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940

Technology and Entrepôt Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940

Directional Particles in Cantonese

Directional Particles in Cantonese

In the Mood for Cheongsam

In the Mood for Cheongsam

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