ISBN:
3319504924
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9783319504926
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 381 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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22 cm
Series Statement:
Culture, mind, and society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sangren, P. Steven Filial Obsessions
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Patrilineal kinship
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Patrilineal kinship China
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Ethnology Asia
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Ethnography
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Sociology
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Sex (Psychology)
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Gender expression
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Gender identity
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Cross-cultural psychology
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Psychology
Abstract:
This book employs a broad analysis of Chinese patriliny to propose a distinctive theoretical conceptualization of the role of desire in culture. It utilizes a unique synthesis of Marxian and psychoanalytic insights in arguing that Chinese patriliny is best understood as, simultaneously, ?a mode of production of desire? and as ?instituted fantasy.? The argument advances through discussions and analyses of kinship, family, gender, filial piety, ritual, and (especially) mythic narratives. In each of these domains, P. Steven Sangren addresses the complex sentiments and ambivalences associated with filial relations. Unlike most earlier studies which approach Chinese patriliny and filial piety as irreducible markers of cultural difference, Sangren argues that Chinese patriliny is better approached as a topic of critical inquiry in its own right
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preface and overview
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Popular religion, a Chinese superboy, and "the investiture of the gods"
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"Filial piety" and cultural difference
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Spirit possession, family issues, and the revelation of gods' biographies
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Filial piety: fathers, real and ideal
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The social production of desire
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Ancestor worship, the Confucian father, and filial piety
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Women as outsiders: princesses, defilement, and Buddhist salvation
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Woman as symptom: beyond gender?
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A concluding manifesto: culture and desire
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