Thesis (M. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

The video begins with a black and white wedding photograph from the mid 20th century of an Asian American wedding party with the women in cheongsams and the men in western suits. A male narrator states the importance of the bride. A stain (still in black and white) spreads from bottom of frame rising over the brides face. Color video now shows a tree with a clothesline and a woman hanging a sheet on the line. Asian instrumental music begins. The mother softly describes singing a song to her daughter that her mother sang to her, and then sings the song. A woman folds, tears, or knots a white sheet, intercut with brief flashes of a red stain, while a professional recording of the same children’s rabbit song plays as the lyrics appear in English. Finally the white sheet lies on the table and the red stain appears and spreads across the sheet.

published_or_final_version / abstract / Linguistics / Master / Master of Arts

杜綺明. / "2007年12月". / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2007. / 參考文獻(leaves 90-96). / "2007 nian 12 yue". / Abstract also in English. / Du Qiming. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2007. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 90-96). / 摘要 --- p.iii / 目錄 --- p.iv / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論 --- p.1-10 / Chapter 第二章 --- 民族音樂學與香港「兒歌」的硏究 --- p.11-19 / Chapter 第三章 --- 從歷史看「幼童時期」Childhood的槪念與香港「兒歌」 的關係 --- p.20-35 / Chapter 第四章 --- 中國兒童歌謠與香港電視「兒歌」 --- p.36-48 / Chapter 第五章 --- 香港電視廣播有限公司與香港「兒歌」的發展 --- p.49-73 / Chapter 第六章 --- 校園裡兒歌與兒童生活及成長 --- p.74-81 / Chapter 第七章 --- 總結 --- p.82-89 / 書目 --- p.90-96

The video begins with a black and white wedding photograph from the mid 20th century of an Asian American wedding party with the women in cheongsams and the men in western suits. A male narrator states the importance of the bride. A stain (still in black and white) spreads from bottom of frame rising over the brides face. Color video now shows a tree with a clothesline and a woman hanging a sheet on the line. Asian instrumental music begins. The mother softly describes singing a song to her daughter that her mother sang to her, and then sings the song. A woman folds, tears, or knots a white sheet, intercut with brief flashes of a red stain, while a professional recording of the same children's rabbit song plays as the lyrics appear in English. Finally the white sheet lies on the table and the red stain appears and spreads across the sheet. Male Narrator (sounds like standard documentary narrator circa 1940s or 1950s): "This is the portrait of a very important bride. But whatever her name, where ever she lives, she is the wife and mother of America. How many years will she have before the job gets her down?