Performing grief [electronic resource] : bridal laments in rural China / Anne E. McLaren.
By: McLaren, Anne E. (Anne Elizabeth).
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2008Description: x, 209 p. : map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Marriage customs and rites -- China | Arranged marriage -- China | Brides -- China -- Social conditions | Women -- China -- Social conditions | Rural families -- China -- Social conditions | Laments -- China | Oral tradition -- China | Country life -- China -- Social life and customs | China -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 392.50951 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewIncludes 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, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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