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Getting an Heir : Adoption and the Construction of Kinship in Late Imperial China.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waltner, Ann. Adoption and the Construction of Kinship in Late Imperial China.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adoption--China--History.
- Adoption.
- Kinship--China--History.
- Kinship.
- China--Social life and customs.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Adoption and the Construction of Kinship in Late Imperial China
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- The need for heirs in any traditional society is a compelling one.In traditional China, where inheritance and notions of filiality depended on the production of progeny, the need was nearly absolute.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Getting an Heir
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Anthropological Perspectives
- Comparative Perspectives
- Procreation, Adoption, and Heredity
- The Need for Heirs
- Adoption Defined
- Magic Fungus and Fine Wine: Ideas about Heredity
- Heredity in Fiction
- Heredity in Medical Texts
- Attitudes toward Adoption
- The Prohibition: Law and Ritual
- Consequences of Adoption in Legal and Ritual Texts
- The Prohibition: Some Interpretations
- The Sanctity of Surnames
- Property
- The Return of the Adopted Son
- Sacrifice and Efficacy
- Adoption across Surname Lines: The Evidence
- Adoption across Surname Lines: The Explanations
- Case Studies
- Adoption Procedures
- The Ch'eng Genealogy
- The Adoption of Wai-tsu
- Continuing the Line with Alien Seed: Uxorilocal Marriage
- Uxorilocal Marriage in Law and Ritual
- Motives
- Cross-surname Adoptions
- Fiction
- Blood and Artifice
- Women in Fiction
- Incest
- The Wondrous Reunion
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 1: Procreation, Adoption, and Heredity
- 2: Attitudes toward Adoption
- 3: Case Studies
- 4: Fiction
- Glossary
- Terms
- Titles of Texts
- Persons and Deities
- Bibliography
- Sources in Chinese and Japanese
- Abbreviations
- Sources in Western Languages
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8248-7995-3
- OCLC:
- 1535401451
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