摘要
自梳女是指一部分抱独身主义的特殊女性,以19世纪末到20世纪中叶广东顺德和番禺的女子最具代表性。自梳女的自梳动机十分复杂,经历也非常坎坷。她们中的许多人到南洋从事女佣服务行业,并由此拥有了一个极特殊的称呼——妈姐。新加坡的妈姐只有少数能在晚年如愿踏上归乡路,许多妈姐在那里终其一生。
Self-combing women （自梳女） is the name for some special women who decided to stay single in whole life. The most representative ones were the women from Shunde and Panyu counties in the province of Guangdong, China, from late 19th century to the middle of 20＇h century. The motive for self-combing is rather complex, so was their life very rough. The journey they took to the South Sea to take up the jobs as maids in the service industry had given them a particular name--majie. In Singapore, very few majie had made it back to their hometown in China when they got old. Most spent their whole life in Singapore.
出处
《天津师范大学学报（社会科学版）》
CSSCI
北大核心
2010年第6期25-29,共5页
Journal of Tianjin Normal University(Social Science)
关键词
南洋
自梳女
独身主义
女佣服务业
妈姐
South Sea
self-combing women
celibacy
maid service industry
majie
