Fr. 240.00

Living with Separation in China - Anthropological Accounts

English · Hardback

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List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, Charles Stafford; Chapter 2 Singing of separation, lamenting loss, Elizabeth Lominska Johnson; Chapter 3 Separations, autonomy and recognition in the production of gender differences, P. Steven Sangren; Chapter 4 An unsafe distance, Stephan Feuchtwang; Chapter 5 Dams and dreams, Jing Jun; Chapter 6 The ‘glorious returns’ of Chinese pilgrims to Mecca, Maris Gillette; Chapter 7 Exiles and reunion, Nicholas Tapp; Chapter 8 Linguistic and social patterns of separation and reunion, Raymond Firth;

About the author

Charles Stafford is Reader in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Summary

In dealing with the central theme of separation this book also provides a good general introduction to many of the classic debates within anthropological and historical analyses of China.

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