We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
BETWEEN SOUTH CHINA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA: Life Trajectories of Chinese Women.
- Abstract
Examines the effects of immigration on women described as pioneers, grass widows, and out-of-town brides from the Pearl River Delta region of China to British Columbia from the mid-19th century to the late 20th century. From 1860 to 1947, the Chinese women who migrated to British Columbia were usually merchants' spouses, concubines, house slaves, teahouse servers, and prostitutes. Those women who were primary wives left behind while the husband supported the family from Canada were called grass widows; lonely but financially comfortable, they suffered harassment during the Maoist period and had a hard adjustment if they were able to join husbands in Canada in the 1950's and 1960's. Relaxed immigration laws since the late 1970's have allowed Chinese Canadian men to request brides from China in loveless arrangements still regarded as beneficial to the woman's family.
- Publication
BC Studies, 2007, Issue 156/157, p83
- ISSN
0005-2949
- Publication type
Article