ISBN:
0203613457
,
9780203613450
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 191 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Living with separation in China
DDC:
302.340951
Keywords:
Separation (Psychology) China
;
Reunions China
;
Separation (Psychology)
;
Reunions
;
Separation (Psychology)
;
Reunions
;
Manners and customs
;
Reunions
;
Separation (Psychology)
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Friendship
;
China Social life and customs
;
China
;
China Social life and customs
;
China Social life and customs
;
China
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on the contributors; Preface; Introduction: the separation constraint in China; Singing of separation, lamenting loss: Hakka women's expressions of separation and reunion; Separations, autonomy and recognition in the production of gender differences: reflections from considerations of myths and laments; An unsafe distance; Dams and dreams: a return-to-homeland movement in northwest China; The 'glorious returns' of Chinese pilgrims to Mecca; Exiles and reunion: nostalgia among overseas Hmong (Miao); Linguistic and social patterns of separation and reunion
Abstract:
In dealing with the central theme of separation this book also provides a good general introduction to many of the classic debates within anthropological and historical analyses of China
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
