The Cult Of The Dead In A Chinese Village
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language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1973-06
The Cult Of The Dead In A Chinese Village written by and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973-06 with Ancestor worship categories.
This study deals primarily with Ch'inan, a village in northern Taiwan whose residents belong to one ethnic group: Hokkien-speaking Chinese whose ancestors made the journey from the southeast coast of mainland China over 200 years ago. It deals almost exclusively with the complex of institutions associated with the care and management of the dead. The book covers the history of Ch'inan, and how the village is organized today, making use of historical records, such as lineage genealogies. Sociological correlates of ancestor worship in ancestral halls and before domestic altars are examined. The darker side of ancestor worship is also explored, in which the dead stand out as dangerous creatures capable of harming or frightening the living. Perspective is then expanded to other parts of Taiwan, to consider how the form of the community affects the cult of the ancestors, how different reciprocal obligations between the living the dead affect ancestor worship, and in what ways people react to the obligations of ancestor worship.
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Author : Emily Martin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
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Author : Emily Martin Ahern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
The Cult Of The Dead In A Chinese Village written by Emily Martin Ahern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Ancestor worship categories.
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Author : Emily M. Ahern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-09-27
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Chinese Death Rituals In Singapore
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Author : Tong Chee Kiong
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03-01
Chinese Death Rituals In Singapore written by Tong Chee Kiong and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-01 with History categories.
Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore throws light upon the Chinese perception of death and how they cope with its eventuality. In the seeming mass of religious rituals and beliefs, it suggests that there is an underlying logic to the rituals. This in turn leads Kiong to examine the interrelationship between death and the socioeconomic value system of China as a whole.
Of Camel Kings And Other Things
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Author : Roxann Prazniak
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1999
Of Camel Kings And Other Things written by Roxann Prazniak and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
From the perspective of village activists across China, this book tells the stories of farmers and rural laborers who raised the banner of opposition to constitutional reform during the first decade of the twentieth century. The author brings to life the stories of the Camel King of Zunhua county, Qu Shiwen and the Four Mountains of Laiyang county, and many others who criticized government modernization efforts, known collectively as the New Policy. Using county archives---including oral histories---as well as memoirs, periodical literature, missionary records, and official documents both Chinese and foreign, Of Camel Kings and Other Things constructs, from fragmented sources, a coherent historical view vital to our understanding of China's twentieth-century crises and the dilemmas of modernity itself.
Death Ritual In Late Imperial And Modern China
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Author : James L. Watson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1988
Death Ritual In Late Imperial And Modern China written by James L. Watson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional differences at least as great as those prevailing in Europe, enjoyed a remarkable solidarity. What held Chinese society together for so many centuries? Some scholars have pointed to the institutional control over the written word as instrumental in promoting cultural homogenization; others, the manipulation of the performing arts. This volume, comprised of essays by both anthropologists and historians, furthers this important discussion by examining the role of death rituals in the unification of Chinese culture.
War Women And Children In Ancient Rome Routledge Revivals
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Author : John Evans
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-04
War Women And Children In Ancient Rome Routledge Revivals written by John Evans and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with History categories.
J.K. Evans’ pioneering work explores the profound changes in the social, economic and legal condition of Roman women, which, it is argued, were necessary consequences of two centuries of near-continuous warfare as Rome expanded from city-state to empire. Bridging the gap that has isolated the specialised studies of Roman women and children from the more traditional political and social concerns of historians, J.K. Evans’ investigation ranges from Cicero’s wife Terentia to the anonymous spouse of the peasant-soldier Ligustinus, charting the severe erosion of the very institutions that kept women and children in thrall. War, Women and Children in Ancient Rome will be of interest not only to classicists and historians of antiquity but also to sociologists and anthropologists, while it will similarly prove an indispensable reference work for historians of women and the family.
Perspectives On Modern China
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Author : Kenneth Lieberthal
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-09-16
Perspectives On Modern China written by Kenneth Lieberthal and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-16 with Social Science categories.
The conveners (the editors of this book) of the September 1989 Four Anniversaries China Conference in Annapolis, asked the contributors to look back from that point in time to consider four major events in modern Chinese history in the perspective of the rapid changes that were shaping the Chinese society, economy, polity, and sense of place in the world in the 1980s, a time when China was making rapid strides toward becoming more integrated with the outside world. With contributions by distinguished scholars in the field, the four anniversaries considered are the High Qing, the May Fourth Movement, forty years of communism in China, and ten years of the Deng era.
Chinese American Death Rituals
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Author : Sue Fawn Chung
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2005-09-15
Chinese American Death Rituals written by Sue Fawn Chung and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-15 with History categories.
Death is a topic that has fascinated people for centuries. In the English-speaking world, eulogies in poetic form could be traced back to the 1640s, but gained prominence with the 'graveyard school' of poets in the eighteenth century often stressing the finality of death. Chinese American Death Rituals examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century until the present in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary rites and their transformation through time. The authors in this volume discuss the meaning of funerary rituals and their normative dimension and the social practices that have been influenced by tradition. Shaped by individual beliefs, customs, religion, and environment, Chinese Americans have resolved the tensions between assimilation into the mainstream culture and their strong Chinese heritage in a variety of ways. This volume expertly describes and analyzes Chinese American cultural retention and transformation in rituals after death.