03296nam 22006732 450 991081079530332120151005020621.01-107-11997-91-280-42961-50-511-17278-80-511-01617-40-511-15164-00-511-31078-10-511-48893-90-511-05002-X(CKB)1000000000007196(EBL)201678(OCoLC)50188088(SSID)ssj0000244247(PQKBManifestationID)11190682(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244247(PQKBWorkID)10168688(PQKB)10556690(UkCbUP)CR9780511488931(MiAaPQ)EBC201678(Au-PeEL)EBL201678(CaPaEBR)ebr2000887(CaONFJC)MIL42961(PPN)183062914(EXLCZ)99100000000000719620090227d2000|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSeparation and reunion in modern China /Charles Stafford[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2000.1 online resource (viii, 202 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-78434-4 0-521-78017-9 Includes bibliographical references (179-199) and index.Acknowledgements -- Introduction: an anthropology of separation -- 1. Two festival of reunion -- 2. The etiquette of parting and return -- 3. Greeting and sending-off the dead -- 4. The ambivalent threshold -- 5. Commensality as reunion -- 6. Women and the obligation to return -- 7. Developing a sense of history -- 8. Classical narratives of separation and reunion -- 9. The politics of separation and reunion in China and Taiwan -- Conclusion: the separation constraint -- Notes -- References -- Index.In this original and readable book, Charles Stafford describes the Chinese fascination with separation and reunion. Drawing on his field studies in Taiwan and mainland China, he gives a vivid account of raucous festivals of reunion, elaborate rituals for the sending-off of gods (and daughters), poetic moments of leave-takings between friends, and bitter political rhetoric about Chinese national unity. The idioms and practices of separation and reunion - which are woven into the fabric of daily life - help people to explain the passions aroused by the possibility of national division. In this book, the discussion of everyday rituals leads into a unique and accessible general introduction to Chinese and Taiwanese society and culture.Separation & Reunion in Modern ChinaSeparation (Psychology)ChinaReunionsChinaChinaSocial life and customsSeparation (Psychology)Reunions302/.1Stafford Charles1609079UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910810795303321Separation and reunion in modern China3936134UNINA