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Living with separation in China : anthropological accounts / edited by Charles Stafford.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Separation (Psychology)--China.
- Separation (Psychology).
- Reunions--China.
- Reunions.
- China--Social life and customs.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In dealing with the central theme of separation this book also provides a good general introduction to many of the classic debates within anthropological and historical analyses of China.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on the contributors; Preface; Introduction: the separation constraint in China; Singing of separation, lamenting loss: Hakka women's expressions of separation and reunion; Separations, autonomy and recognition in the production of gender differences: reflections from considerations of myths and laments; An unsafe distance; Dams and dreams: a return-to-homeland movement in northwest China; The 'glorious returns' of Chinese pilgrims to Mecca; Exiles and reunion: nostalgia among overseas Hmong (Miao); Linguistic and social patterns of separation and reunion
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Include bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-40400-X
- 1-134-40401-8
- 1-280-07321-7
- 9786610073214
- 0-203-61345-7
- 9780203613450
- OCLC:
- 437080430
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