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Item Details
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SEPARATION AND REUNION IN MODERN CHINA
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| By: |
Charles Stafford |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£90.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521780179 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521780179 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
9 November, 2000 |
| Pages: |
212 |
| Description: |
Rituals concerning separation and reunion and their impact on Chinese and Taiwanese society and culture. |
| Synopsis: |
In this original and readable book, Charles Stafford describes the Chinese fascination with separation and reunion. Drawing on his field studies in Taiwan and mainland China, he gives a vivid account of raucous festivals of reunion, elaborate rituals for the sending-off of gods (and daughters), poetic moments of leave-takings between friends, and bitter political rhetoric about Chinese national unity. The idioms and practices of separation and reunion - which are woven into the fabric of daily life - help people to explain the passions aroused by the possibility of national division. In this book, the discussion of everyday rituals leads into a unique and accessible general introduction to Chinese and Taiwanese society and culture. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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