The Cult of the Dead in a Chinese Village
Author | : Emily M. Ahern |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2001-09-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780804741859 |
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Author | : Emily M. Ahern |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2001-09-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780804741859 |
Author | : Emily Martin Ahern |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Ancestor worship |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 1973-06 |
Genre | : Ancestor worship |
ISBN | : 0804770409 |
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.
Author | : Emily Martin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Ancestor worship |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Emily M. Ahern |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roxann Prazniak |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 1999-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1461639638 |
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.
Author | : William H. Newell |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2011-07-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3110805316 |
Author | : Naomi S.S. Jacobs |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2018-10-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 900438247X |
In Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink, Naomi S.S. Jacobs explores how the numerous references to food, drink, and their consumption within The Book of Tobit help tell its story, promote righteous deeds, and encourage resistance against a hostile dominant culture.
Author | : James L. Watson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780520060814 |
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.
Author | : Katharine Young |
Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780870498909 |
The term bodylore was coined for the American Folklore Society in 1989 to focus concerns with body language, costumes and accoutrements, movement, discourses, and representations, considering the human body as a cultural artifact rather than a natural object. Ten essays from various panels since then explore such topics as women in the American spa culture, body puns in Hamlet, quilts and women's bodies, and medical discourse. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR