Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore : Gender, Religion, Medicine and Money.

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The volume collects the published articles of Dr Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Topley, Marjorie (Author)
Other Authors: DeBernardi, Jean (Editor, writer of supplemental textual content.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2011.
Series:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Subjects:
Medicine, Chinese > China > Hong Kong.
Chinese > Singapore > Religion.
Médecine chinoise > Chine > Hongkong.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Chinese > Religion
Economic history
Emigration and immigration
Medicine, Chinese
Religion
Hong Kong (China) > Religion.
Hong Kong (China) > Economic conditions.
Guangdong Sheng (China) > Emigration and immigration.
Guangdong (Chine : Sheng) > Émigration et immigration.
China > Guangdong Sheng
China > Hong Kong
Singapore
Multi-User
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction: Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore:; Part I: Chinese Ritual Practice in Singapore; Chapter 1: Some Occasional Rites Performedby the Singapore Cantonese; Chapter 2: Chinese Rites for the Repose of the Soul, with Special Reference to Cantonese Custom; Chapter 3: Paper Charms, and Prayer Sheets asAdjuncts to Chinese Worship; Chapter 4: Ghost Marriages amongthe Singapore Chinese; Chapter 5: Ghost Marriages among the Singapore Chinese:A Further Note; Part II: Religious Associations in Singapore and China.
  • Chapter 6: Chinese Women's Vegetarian Houses in SingaporeChapter 7: Chinese Religion and Religious Institutionsin Singapore; Chapter 8: The Emergence and Social Function of Chinese Religious Associations in Singapore; Chapter 9: The Great Way of Former Heaven: A Group of Chinese Secret Religious Sects; Chapter 10: Chinese Religion and Rural Cohesionin the Nineteenth Century; Part III: Economy and Society: Hong Kong and Guangdong; Chapter 11: The Role of Savings and Wealthamong Hong Kong Chinese.
  • Chapter 12Capital, Saving and Credit among IndigenousRice Farmers and Immigrant Vegetable Farmersin Hong Kong's New TerritoriesPart IV: Religion and Society: Hong Kong and Guangdong; Chapter 13: Some Basic Conceptions and Their Traditional Relationship to Society; Chapter 14: Chinese Occasional Rites in Hong Kong; Chapter 15: Notes on Some Vegetarian Halls in Hong Kong Belonging to the Sect of Hsien-T'ien Tao (The Way of Former Heaven); Chapter 16: Marriage Resistance in Rural Kwangtung; Part V: Chinese and Western Medicine in Hong Kong.
  • Chapter 17: Chinese Traditional Ideas and the Treatment of Disease: Two Examples from Hong KongChapter 18: Cosmic Antagonisms: A Mother-Child Syndrome; Chapter 19: Chinese and Western Medicine in Hong Kong: Some Social and Cultural Determinants of Variation, Interaction and Change; Chapter 20: Chinese Traditional Aetiology and Methods of Cure in Hong Kong; Appendix: Glossary of Chinese Terms; Index.

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