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The interweaving of rituals : funerals in the cultural exchange between China and Europe / Nicolas Standaert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Standaert, N.
- Series:
- China Program Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--China.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Europe.
- Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Death.
- Social exchange--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Social exchange.
- China--Social life and customs.
- China.
- China--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 328 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008.
- University of Washington Press, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Demonstrates the interweaving of Chinese and European ritual practices at different levels of interaction in seventeenth-century China. This book explores the role of rituals - specifically rites related to death and funerals - in cross-cultural exchange.
- Contents:
- Chinese and European funerals
- Missionaries' knowledge of Chinese funerals
- The gradual embedding of Christian funeral rituals in China
- Funerals as public manifestation
- Funerals as community practice
- Christian versus superstitious rituals
- Imperial sponsorship of Jesuit funerals
- Conclusion: The metaphor of textile weaving.
- Notes:
- "A China program book."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-314) and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9780295800042
- 0295800046
- OCLC:
- 792935295
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