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Performing grief bridal laments in rural China  Cover Image E-book E-book

Performing grief bridal laments in rural China

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  • ISBN: 9780824832322 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0824832329 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780824832322 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1441619852 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781441619853 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 209 p.) : map.
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    electronic resource
  • Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Imagining Jiangnan -- The people of the sands -- The hollow cotton spool : women and labour in Nanhui -- Seizing a slice of heaven : the lament cycle of Pan Cailian -- Weeping and wailing in Chinese history -- Shaking heaven : laments & ritual power.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Marriage customs and rites -- China
Laments -- China
Brides -- China -- Social conditions
Country life -- China -- Social life and customs
Women -- China -- Social conditions
Rural families -- China -- Social conditions
Arranged marriage -- China
Oral tradition -- China
REFERENCE -- Weddings
China -- Social life and customs
Genre: Electronic books.

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