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Performing grief : bridal laments in rural China /

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This is the first in-depth study of Chinese bridal laments, a ritual and performative art practiced by Chinese women in premodern times that gave them a rare opportunity to voice their grievances publicly. Drawing on methodologies from numerous disciplines, including performance arts and folk litera...

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Main Author: McLaren, Anne E. (Anne Elizabeth)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2008.
Series:Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books.
Subjects:
Marriage customs and rites > China.
Arranged marriage > China.
Brides > China > Social conditions.
Women > China > Social conditions.
Rural families > China > Social conditions.
Laments > China.
Oral tradition > China.
Country life > China > Social life and customs.
China > Social life and customs.
Mariage > Rites et cérémonies > Chine.
Mariage arrangé > Chine.
Jeunes mariées > Chine > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Chine > Conditions sociales.
Familles rurales > Chine > Conditions sociales.
Lamentations > Chine.
Tradition orale > Chine.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
REFERENCE > Weddings.
POETRY > Anthologies (multiple authors)
Arranged marriage
Laments
Manners and customs
Marriage customs and rites
Oral tradition
Rural families > Social conditions
Women > Social conditions
China
Trauerritual
Braut
Jiangnan
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Imagining Jiangnan
  • The people of the sands
  • The hollow cotton spool : women and labour in Nanhui
  • Seizing a slice of heaven : the lament cycle of Pan Cailian
  • Weeping and wailing in Chinese history
  • Shaking heaven : laments & ritual power.