The Funeral of Mr. Wang : Life, Death, and Ghosts in Urbanizing China /

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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas, people have neither land for burials nor elder relatives to conduct funerals. Chinese urbanization, which has...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kipnis, Andrew B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
Temas:
Death > Social aspects > China.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > China > 21st century.
Social change > China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Funeral of Mr. Wang
  • 2. Of Transitions and Transformations
  • 3. Of Space and Place: Separation and Distinction in the Homes of the Dead
  • 4. Of Strangers and Kin: Moral Family and Ghastly Strangers in Urban Sociality
  • 5. Of Gifts and Commodities: Spending on the Dead While Providing for the Living
  • 6. Of Rules and Regulations: Governing Mourning
  • 7. Of Souls and Spirits: Secularization and its Limits
  • 8. Of Dreams and Memories: A Ghost Story From a Land Where Haunting Is Banned
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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