Performing grief : bridal laments in rural China / Anne E. McLaren.
Performing grief : bridal laments in rural China / Anne E. McLaren.
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Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2008.
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N392.50951/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Imagining Jiangnan -- The people of the sands -- The hollow cotton spool : women and labour in Nanhui -- Seizing a slice of heaven : the lament cycle of Pan Cailian -- Weeping and wailing in Chinese history -- Shaking heaven : laments & ritual power.
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Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Hawaii
Date Published
c2008.
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"Performing Grief provides a detailed case study of the Nanhui region in the lower Yanzi delta. Bridal laments, the author argues, offer insights into how illiterate Chinese women understood the kinship and social hierarchies of their region, the marriage market that determined their destinies, and the value of their labor in the commodified econom...
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Performing grief : bridal laments in rural China / Anne E. McLaren.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N392.50951/1
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74VMbpoqwaMl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbpoqwaMl
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ISBN
9780824832322 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
392.50951
MMS ID
991000680249702626
