SEPARATION AND REUNION IN MODERN CHINA by Charles Stafford ( 9780521784344 )

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Title:

SEPARATION AND REUNION IN MODERN CHINA

By:

Charles Stafford

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Paperback

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0521784344

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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.

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