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The author Luo Wanyi initially conceived the writing content by starting from recalling her relationship with her mother, and commemorating her mother through literary writing and artistic creation. During the in-depth writing, she discovered that whether in Hong Kong or neighboring Macau, women at that time had With the same background and similar living conditions, the author has been teaching in Macao in recent years. It is logical to explore the situation of women in Macao in the 1920s and 1930s from the perspective of humanities and social sciences, and form a meaningful oral history record of women. Complementing this collection of books.
History is the record of society's life. In large (male) history, women's position is mostly peripheral, ambiguous, or absent. Oral history is an important subject in contemporary women's studies. Through oral storytelling, (older) women tell their stories, build dignity, and present themselves: history can be the fabric of ordinary and trivial lives. "Mumbling" tells the stories of seven elderly Macau women in oral form, interspersed with short stories of the author recalling her mother; two prefaces written by two scholars in different fields, in which the author narrates oral stories of women. Background notes are given on the culture, geography, history, etc. of Macao mentioned in the seven stories. In addition to the text, a famous Macao photographer took a total of 55 pictures of old scenes, showing the precious appearance of Macao from the early 20th century to the early 1980s (photos provided by the Macao Museum of Art, Macao Archives, and Macao Memory and History Network); There are 14 portrait photos of the women interviewed; 9 pencil drawings by the author depicting objects of the era related to the women interviewed. "Mumbling" hopes to present the story of an era in a more multifaceted and three-dimensional way. The whole book is about 100,000 words.
History is the record of society's life. In large (male) history, women's position is mostly peripheral, ambiguous, or absent. Oral history is an important subject in contemporary women's studies. Through oral storytelling, (older) women tell their stories, build dignity, and present themselves: history can be the fabric of ordinary and trivial lives. "Mumbling" tells the stories of seven elderly Macau women in oral form, interspersed with short stories of the author recalling her mother; two prefaces written by two scholars in different fields, in which the author narrates oral stories of women. Background notes are given on the culture, geography, history, etc. of Macao mentioned in the seven stories. In addition to the text, a famous Macao photographer took a total of 55 pictures of old scenes, showing the precious appearance of Macao from the early 20th century to the early 1980s (photos provided by the Macao Museum of Art, Macao Archives, and Macao Memory and History Network); There are 14 portrait photos of the women interviewed; 9 pencil drawings by the author depicting objects of the era related to the women interviewed. "Mumbling" hopes to present the story of an era in a more multifaceted and three-dimensional way. The whole book is about 100,000 words.
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