LEADER 05403nam 22007815 450 001 9910698647103321 005 20230810230549.0 010 $a981-19-9841-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-19-9841-6 035 $a(CKB)5710000000116749 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-19-9841-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7239479 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7239479 035 $a(EXLCZ)995710000000116749 100 $a20230416d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConjugal Relationships in Chinese Culture $eSino-Western Discourses and Aesthetics on Marriage /$fedited by Chi Sum Garfield Lau, Kelly Kar Yue Chan 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 179 p. 17 illus., 1 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aChinese Culture, Globality, Connectivity and Modernity,$x2662-9763 ;$v7 311 $a981-19-9840-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPart I: Revolutionary Alternatives of Conjugal Relationships in Chinese Culture -- Chapter 1: Divorce and Remarriage as Revealed in Cantonese Opera: The Phoenix Hairpin and The Return of Lady Wenji -- Chapter 2: A Preliminary Note on the Ancient Sages? ?Unmarried? Mothers and the Acceleration of Virtuous Power -- Chapter 3: Creating Romance or Divorce: Marriage Reform in Early 20th Century Chinese Print Media -- Chapter 4: ?Free Love? and ?Free Marriage?: An American Female Missionary?s Prescription and Chinese Writers? Imagination in the Late 1920s -- Chapter 5: Marriage in Migration and Homecoming: Joseph Conrad?s ?Amy Foster? and Ha Jin?s ?The Woman from New York? -- Part II: Reassessment of Contemporary Nuptial Discourse in Various Forms -- Chapter 6: Linguacultural Representation of the Cultural Self and Other in Chinese Women?s Discourse on Transnational Remarriage -- Chapter 7: A Visual Interpretation of Eastern and Western Relationships on Wedding Invitation Cards -- Chapter 8: Norwegian Fortune-Teller Henning Hai Lee Yang?s I Ching: Emphasis on Marriage during the Surge in Norwegian Divorces and Cohabitation -- Chapter 9: Happily Ever After? Rethinking Marriage in Contemporary Hong Kong. 330 $aThis book reviews the presentation of conjugal relationships in Chinese culture and their perception in the West. It explores the ways in which the act of marriage is represented/misrepresented in different literary genres, as well as in cultural adaptations. It looks at the gendered characteristics at play that affect conjugal relationships in Chinese societal practices more widely. It also distinguishes between the essential features that give rise to nuptial arrangements from the Chinese perspective, looking at what in which Sino and/or Western mentalities differ in terms of notions of autonomy in marriage. It excavates the extent to which marriage is constituted in forms of transaction between female and male bodies and asks under what circumstances wedding ceremonies constitute archetypal or counter-archetypal notions in pre-modern and modern society. Authors cover a range of fascinating cultural topics, such as posthumous marriage (necrogamy) as an ancient and popular folk culture from the perspective of Confucian ideology, as well as looking at marriage from ancient to present times, duty and rights in conjugal relations, inter-racial and inter-cultural marriage, widowhood in Confucian ideology, issues of legitimacy in marriage and concubinage, the taboos surrounding divorce and re-marriage, and conjugal violence. The book serves to revisit the cultural connections between marriage and various art forms, including literature, film, theatre, and other adaptations. It is a rich intellectual resource for scholars and students researching the historical roots, cultural interpretations, and evolving aspects of marriage as shown in literature, art, and culture. 410 0$aChinese Culture, Globality, Connectivity and Modernity,$x2662-9763 ;$v7 606 $aEthnology$xAsia 606 $aCulture 606 $aOriental literature 606 $aPhilosophy, Chinese 606 $aMotion pictures 606 $aTranslating and interpreting 606 $aPerforming arts 606 $aTheater 606 $aAsian Culture 606 $aAsian Literature 606 $aChinese Philosophy 606 $aFilm Studies 606 $aLanguage Translation 606 $aTheatre and Performance Arts 615 0$aEthnology$xAsia. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aOriental literature. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Chinese. 615 0$aMotion pictures. 615 0$aTranslating and interpreting. 615 0$aPerforming arts. 615 0$aTheater. 615 14$aAsian Culture. 615 24$aAsian Literature. 615 24$aChinese Philosophy. 615 24$aFilm Studies. 615 24$aLanguage Translation. 615 24$aTheatre and Performance Arts. 676 $a306.810951 702 $aLau$b Chi Sum Garfield 702 $aChan$b Kelly Kar Yue 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910698647103321 996 $aConjugal Relationships in Chinese Culture$93200503 997 $aUNINA