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McLaren, Anne E.

Performing grief bridal laments in rural China / [electronic resource] : Anne E. McLaren. - Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2008. - x, 209 p. : map.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Marriage customs and rites--China.
Arranged marriage--China.
Brides--Social conditions.--China
Women--Social conditions.--China
Rural families--Social conditions.--China
Laments--China.
Oral tradition--China.
Country life--Social life and customs.--China


China--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

GT2783.A2 / M35 2008eb

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