Separation and reunion in modern China / Charles Stafford.
Separation and reunion in modern China / Charles Stafford.
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Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Date
2000.
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N306.0951/ 12
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English
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Physical content
viii, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: an anthropology of separation -- 1. Two festival of reunion -- 2. The etiquette of parting and return -- 3. Greeting and sending-off the dead -- 4. The ambivalent threshold -- 5. Commensality as reunion -- 6. Women and the obligation to return -- 7. Developing a sen...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2000.
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Summary
In this original and readable book, Charles Stafford describes the Chinese fascination with separation and reunion. Drawing on his field studies in Taiwan and mainland China, he gives a vivid account of raucous festivals of reunion, elaborate rituals for the sending-off of gods (and daughters), poetic moments of leave-takings between friends, and b...
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Separation and reunion in modern China / Charles Stafford.
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Includes bibliographical references (179-199) and index.
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N306.0951/ 12
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74VvyAlXv7ey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyAlXv7ey
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ISBN
0521784344 (PBK.)
9780521780179
0521780179
9780521784344 (PBK.)
DDC
306.0951
390.0951
302.1
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991016196449702626
