Scythe and the City : A Social History of Death in Shanghai /

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The issue of death has loomed large in Chinese cities in the modern era. Throughout the Republican period, Shanghai swallowed up lives by the thousands. Exposed bodies strewn around in public spaces were a threat to social order as well as to public health. In a place where every group had its own b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Henriot, Christian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Death > Social aspects > China > Shanghai > History > 19th century.
Death > Social aspects > China > Shanghai > History > 20th century.
China.
Shanghai.
body.
city.
death.
funeral.
population.
power.
ritual.
urban.
HISTORY / Social History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Scythe and the City: The Measure of Death
  • 2. Guilds, Charities, and the Community Management of Death
  • 3. Funeral Companies and the Commoditization of the Dead Body
  • 4. A Final Resting Place: From Burial Grounds to Modern Cemeteries
  • 5. Foreign Cemeteries and the Colonial Space of Death
  • 6. Invisible Deaths, Silent Deaths
  • 7. Funerals and the Price of Death
  • 8. The Cremated Body: From Social Curse to Political Rule
  • 9. The Management of Death under Socialism
  • Conclusion
  • Abbreviations Used in the Notes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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