Governing Death, Making Persons : The New Chinese Way of Death /

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"An ethnography of contemporary urban Chinese death rituals and the Shanghai funeral industry, this book describes how the Chinese Communist Party governed death, how such governance was used to construct specific ideas of persons and citizens, and how such governance has changed after the intr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liu, Huwy-min Lucia, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Manners and customs.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Death care industry > Government ownership > China.
Death care industry > Government policy > China.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Government policy > China.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > China > Shanghai.
China > Shanghai.
China.
Shanghai (China) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"An ethnography of contemporary urban Chinese death rituals and the Shanghai funeral industry, this book describes how the Chinese Communist Party governed death, how such governance was used to construct specific ideas of persons and citizens, and how such governance has changed after the introduction of market economic reforms"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (270 pages).
ISBN:9781501767234

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