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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.3/4/0951
• Soggetto topico: Separation (Psychology) - China; Reunions - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Social life and customs
• Altri autori: StaffordCharles
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Living with separation in China
• ISBN: 1-134-40400-X; 1-134-40401-8; 1-280-07321-7; 9786610073214; 0-203-61345-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827443103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II