Pei Pa Zai : the forgotten singing girls of old Singapore

This paper focuses on a group of Chinese women called the pei pa zais (the term is Romanized according to the Cantonese pronunciation 琵琶仔 pí pá zǎi) who existed in Singapore from the 1850s to the late 1960s. These women worked in the nightlife and their occupation required them to entertain Chinese...

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Main Author: Leong, Jia Min
Other Authors: Ivy Yeh
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76670
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English