Death ritual in late imperial and modern China
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Death ritual in late imperial and modern China
（Studies on China, 8）
University of California Press, c1988
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Rev. versions of papers presented at a conference held at the Sun Space Ranch Conference Center in Oracle, Ariz., Jan. 2-7, 1985 and sponsored by the Joint Committee on Chinese Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and Social Science Research Council
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Susan Naquin, "Funerals in North China: Uniformity and Variation" Stuart E. Thompson, "Feeding the Dead: The Role of Food in Chinese Funerary Ritual" James L. Watson, "Pollution, Performance, and the Structure of Rites" Elizabeth L. Johnson, "Grieving for the Dead, Grieving for the Living: Funeral Laments of Hakka Women" Emily Martin, "Gender and Ideological Differences in Representations of Life and Death" Myron L. Cohen, "Souls and Salvation: Conflicting Themes in Chinese Popular Religion" Rubie S. Watson, "Remembering the Dead: Graves and Politics in South China" Evelyn S. Rawski, "The Imperial Way of Death" Frederic Wakeman, Jr., "Mao's Remains" Martin K. Whyte, "Death in the People's Republic of China"
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