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Full referenceHonig, Emily, “Invisible Inequalities: The Status of Subei People in Contemporary Shanghai”, (1990)
TypeJournal article
Author(s)Honig, Emily
Title“Invisible Inequalities: The Status of Subei People in Contemporary Shanghai”,
Year1990
JournalChina Quarterly,
Volume122
Start page273
End page292
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Keywordssocial;
AbstractThe development of Shanghai in the 19th century drew immigrants from primarily three regions and one of these, known for its poverty, was Subei, an area between the Yangtze and the Huai rivers. People from this region, identified by place of origin rather than race or religion, became Shanghai's underclass. The epithet Subei-ren [Subei person] was an insult whether the target was from Subei or not. Contemporary Subei-ren are mostly Shanghai-born, but assumed non-Shanghai pronunciations serve to brand them as "others." Furthermore, the New 4th Army, which liberated Shanghai in 1949, was drawn largely from Subei and many Party cadre and city officials were from Subei as well. Active participation of Subei-ren in the Cultural Revolution and increased rural-to-urban migration have reinforced the prejudice against these people, which may be a disguised expression of antigovernment sentiment but also keeps these unfortunates in the role of an underclass.
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