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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| 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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| Pubblicazione: | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 392.50951 |
| Soggetto topico: | Marriage customs and rites - China |
| Weddings in literature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | China History Tang dynasty, 618-907 |
| China History Song dynasty, 960-1279 | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The writing of weddings in middle-period China |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-8015-1 |
| 1-4356-1669-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778365303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.