Burning money : the material spirit of the Chinese lifeworld /

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For a thousand years throughout China and beyond, people have burned paper replicas of valuable things for the spirits of deceased family members, ancestors, and myriads of demons and divinities. This book explores the cultural logic of this practice while addressing larger anthropological questions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blake, C. Fred, 1942-2017
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Rites and ceremonies > China.
Spirit money > China.
Rites et cérémonies > Chine.
Papier votif.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Manners and customs.
Rites and ceremonies.
Spirit money.
Ritus
Soziales Lebensgefühl
Wirtschaft
Riter > Kina.
Ceremonier > folktro och folkseder > Kina.
Pengar > folktro och folkseder > Kina.
China > Social life and customs.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
China.
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:For a thousand years throughout China and beyond, people have burned paper replicas of valuable things for the spirits of deceased family members, ancestors, and myriads of demons and divinities. This book explores the cultural logic of this practice while addressing larger anthropological questions concerning the nature of value.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 276 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index.
ISBN:9780824860103
0824860101
9780824870379
0824870379

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