Becoming Nonya, A Memoir
by Katherine Seow
What is Peranakan? Who is a Nonya? The author Katherine’s Peranakan roots can be traced back five or more generations onboth sides of her family. Yet her grandmother called her chelup, as though only her toes were dipped into the hybrid culture’s soup – a skin-deep Peranakan only.
Later in life, when training as a docent at the Peranakan Museum, the author uncovers and unearths forgotten memories. Words and conversations that had floated in and out of her childhood connect. She then understands what makes a Baba Nonya distinctive and realises she is becoming Nonya.
Size: 130 x 195 mm
Extent: 144 pages
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 198 g
ISBN: 978-981-18-8326-2
by Katherine Seow
What is Peranakan? Who is a Nonya? The author Katherine’s Peranakan roots can be traced back five or more generations onboth sides of her family. Yet her grandmother called her chelup, as though only her toes were dipped into the hybrid culture’s soup – a skin-deep Peranakan only.
Later in life, when training as a docent at the Peranakan Museum, the author uncovers and unearths forgotten memories. Words and conversations that had floated in and out of her childhood connect. She then understands what makes a Baba Nonya distinctive and realises she is becoming Nonya.
Size: 130 x 195 mm
Extent: 144 pages
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 198 g
ISBN: 978-981-18-8326-2
by Katherine Seow
What is Peranakan? Who is a Nonya? The author Katherine’s Peranakan roots can be traced back five or more generations onboth sides of her family. Yet her grandmother called her chelup, as though only her toes were dipped into the hybrid culture’s soup – a skin-deep Peranakan only.
Later in life, when training as a docent at the Peranakan Museum, the author uncovers and unearths forgotten memories. Words and conversations that had floated in and out of her childhood connect. She then understands what makes a Baba Nonya distinctive and realises she is becoming Nonya.
Size: 130 x 195 mm
Extent: 144 pages
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 198 g
ISBN: 978-981-18-8326-2