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Author Kipnis, Andrew B., author.

Title The funeral of Mr. Wang : life, death, and ghosts in urbanizing China / Andrew B. Kipnis.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

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Summary "In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas, people have neither land for burials nor elder relatives to conduct funerals. Chinese urbanization, which has picked up drastically in the past decades, has involved the creation of cemeteries, state-run funeral homes, and small private funerary businesses. The Funeral of Mr. Wang examines social change in urbanizing China through the lens of funerals, the funerary industry, and practices of memorialization. It analyzes changes in family life, patterns of urban sociality, transformations in economic relations, the politics of memorialization, and the echoes of these changes in beliefs about the dead and ghosts"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Funeral of Mr. Wang -- 2. Of Transitions and Transformations -- 3. Of Space and Place: Separation and Distinction in the Homes of the Dead -- 4. Of Strangers and Kin: Moral Family and Ghastly Strangers in Urban Sociality -- 5. Of Gifts and Commodities: Spending on the Dead While Providing for the Living -- 6. Of Rules and Regulations: Governing Mourning -- 7. Of Souls and Spirits: Secularization and its Limits -- 8. Of Dreams and Memories: A Ghost Story From a Land Where Haunting Is Banned -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index
Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- China -- 21st century.
Death -- Social aspects -- China.
Social change -- China.
Funérailles -- Rites et cérémonies -- Chine -- 21e siècle.
Mort -- Aspect social -- Chine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Death -- Social aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Social change
China
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Other Form: Print version: Kipnis, Andrew B.. The funeral of Mr. Wang [Oakland, California] : University of California Press, [2021] 9780520381971 (DLC) 2021001644
ISBN 0520381998
9780520381995 (electronic bk.)
9780520381971 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000069972641
AU@ 000070278745
AU@ 000068688479
AU@ 000074146822

 
    
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