Living with Separation in China

ISBN-13: 9780415305716 / Twarda / 2003 / 208 str.

Charles Stafford

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Charles Stafford; Chapter 2 Singing of separation, lamenting loss, Elizabeth Lominska Johnson; Chapter 3 Separations, autonomy and recognition in the production of gender differences, P. Steven Sangren; Chapter 4 An unsafe distance, Stephan Feuchtwang; Chapter 5 Dams and dreams, Jing Jun; Chapter 6 The ‘glorious returns’ of Chinese pilgrims to Mecca, Maris Gillette; Chapter 7 Exiles and reunion, Nicholas Tapp; Chapter 8 Linguistic and social patterns of separation and reunion, Raymond Firth;

O autorze

Charles Stafford is Reader in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.