Rebuilding the ancestral village [[electronic resource] ] : Singaporeans in China / / Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce
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| Autore: |
Kuah Khun Eng
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| Titolo: |
Rebuilding the ancestral village [[electronic resource] ] : Singaporeans in China / / Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce
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| Pubblicazione: | Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.8951 |
| Soggetto topico: | Chinese - Singapore |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements to the Second Edition; Note on Romanization; Illustrations; 1 Introduction; 2 Constructing a Singapore Chinese Cultural Identity; 3 The Ancestral Village in Anxi County; 4 Negotiating Collective Memories and Social Experiences; 5 The Moral Economy of Rebuilding the Ancestral Village; Color Insert; 6 The Bond of Ancestor Worship; 7 Religious Revivalism; 9 Chinese Lineage as a Cultural Network; 10 Conclusion: From Lineage to Transnational Chinese Network; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book illustrates the relationship between one group of Singaporean Chinese and their ancestral village in Fujian, China. It explores the reasons why the Singaporean Chinese continue to maintain ties with their ancestral village and how they reproduce Chinese culture through ancestor worship and religion in the ancestral village. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rebuilding the ancestral village |
| ISBN: | 988-220-733-2 |
| 988-8053-66-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789485103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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