Mourning rituals in archaic & classical Greece and pre-Qin China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wu, Xiaoqun, 1966- (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018] Singapore : Springer, 2018.
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Mourning customs > Greece. Mourning customs > China. Funeral rites and ceremonies > Greece. Funeral rites and ceremonies > China. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Intro; Preface; Reference; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1 Reasons for Conducting Comparative Historical Studies; 1.1 The Current Situation of Comparative Study between Ancient Greece and China; 1.2 Basic Principles of Comparative History; 2 Ritual as a Research Angle; 2.1 Concepts, Categories and Functions of Ritual in Ancient Greece and Ancient China; 2.2 The Research Overview and Questions Addressed by This Comparative Study of Ritual; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Temporal and Spatial Scope of this Study: 'Archaic and Classical Greece' and 'Pre-Qin China'
1 Greek Mourners' Gestures and Behaviors2 Chinese Mourners' Gestures and Relevant Provisions for Daily Life; References; Chapter 5: Mourning Apparel; 1 Greek Mourning Apparel Rites without Details; 2 Chinese Mourning Apparel Rites with High Detail; References; Chapter 6: Conclusions; References; Index