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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451269803321

Titolo

Living with separation in China : anthropological accounts / / edited by Charles Stafford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-134-40401-8

1-280-07321-7

9786610073214

0-203-61345-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StaffordCharles

Disciplina

302.3/4/0951

Soggetti

Separation (Psychology) - China

Reunions - China

Electronic books.

China Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Include bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.