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Practicing kinship : lineage and descent in late imperial China / Michael Szonyi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Szonyi, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kinship--China--History.
- Patrilineal kinship--China--History.
- Patrilineal kinship.
- History.
- Kinship.
- China--Genealogy.
- China.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
- Genre:
- Genealogy.
- Family histories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Presenting a new approach to the history of Chinese kinship, this book attempts to bridge the gap between anthropological and historical scholarship on the Chinese lineage. It explores the historical development of kinship in the villages of the Fuzhou region of southeastern Fujian province.
- Contents:
- Kinship Ideas and Institutions in Fuzhou History
- Genealogical Tracing and Ethnic Labeling 26
- Organizing Kin: The Lijia and the Lineage 56
- The Ancestral Hall 90
- Rituals of the Ancestral Hall: New Year's Day
- and the Lantern Festival 138
- The Local Cult: Lijia, Lineage, and Temple 169
- Conclusion: Flexible Strategies of Kinship Practice 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781503619623
- 1503619621
- Publisher Number:
- 99990869850
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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