Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China

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List 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"

About the author

James L. Watson is Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and Evelyn S. Rawski is Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh.

Summary

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. This volume examines the role of death rituals in the unification of Chinese culture.

Product details

• Authors: Watson, James L. Watson, James L. Rawski Watson, Watson/Rawski
• Assisted by: Evelyn S. Rawski (Editor), Evelyn Sakakida Rawski (Editor), Professor Evelyn Sakakida Rawski (Editor), James L. Watson (Editor), Watson James L. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1990
• EAN: 9780520071292
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07129-2
• No. of pages: 349
• Series: Studies on China; Studies on China
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; China, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, Anthropology, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying