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UNINA9910808088803321 |
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Autore |
De Pee Christian |
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Titolo |
The writing of weddings in middle-period China : text and ritual practice in the eighth through fourteenth centuries / / Christian de Pee |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-7914-8015-1 |
1-4356-1669-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Marriage customs and rites - China |
Weddings in literature |
China History Tang dynasty, 618-907 |
China History Song dynasty, 960-1279 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: The practice of the text -- Ritual manuals : exegetical hermeneutics and the re-embodiment of antiquity -- Wedding correspondence and nuptial songs : writing as cultural capital and text as ritual object -- Calendars, almanacs, miracle tales, and medical texts : cosmic cycles and the liminal affairs of man -- Legal codes, verdicts, and contracts : universal order and local practice -- Conclusion: Texts and tombs, ritual and history. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle-Period weddings, but also reassesses the relationship between texts and the Middle-Period past. Its fourfold narrative of the writing of weddings and its spirited engagement with the texts - ritual manuals, engagement letters, nuptial songs, calendars and almanacs, and legal texts - offer a form and style for a cultural history that accommodates the particularities of the sources of the Chinese imperial past."--BOOK JACKET |
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