Public Memory in Early China / K. E. Brashier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brashier, K. E., 1965- author.

Series:

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 91.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004407077.

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 91

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies--China--History--To 1500.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Burial--China--History--To 1500.

Burial.

Collective memory--China--History--To 1500.

Collective memory.

Memorials--Chinese--History--To 1500.

Memorials.

Inscriptions, Chinese.

History.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Section 1 "Repeated. Inking" and the backdrop of a manuscript culture 5

Section 2 "Continuous Chanting'' and the backdrop of an oral performance culture 9

Section 3 Inking and Chanting share their secret of longevity 49

Part I Names as positioning the self 58

Section 4 The ancestor's given names as locative markers 68

Section 5 The ancestor's surname as a spatial marker 92

Section 6 Following the named lineage back through time 115

Part II Age as positioning the self 144

Section 7 The age of childhood 153

Section 8 The age of adulthood 158

Section 9 The age of advanced years 172

Section 10 The age of death 181

Section 11 The age of afterlife 198

Part III Kinship as positioning the self 209

Section 12 Weakening personal agency 214

Section 13 Strengthening interpersonal bonds 221

Section 14 A dynamic relationship net 231

Part IV The tangible tools of positioning the self 263

Section 15 Calling cards and the trafficking of names 268

Section 16 The ancestral shrine and its tools of remembrance 272

Section 17 The cemetery and its tools of remembrance 292

Section 18 Commemorative portraiture as a tool of remembrance 305

Part V The intangible tools of positioning the self 317

Section 19 Reduction 321

Section 20 Conversion 333

Section 21 Association 349.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Public Memory in Early China,

ISBN:

9781684170753

9780674492035

OCLC:

956712075

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170753 DOI

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