The writing of weddings in middle-period China : text and ritual practice in the eighth through fourteenth centuries
Title:
The writing of weddings in middle-period China : text and ritual practice in the eighth through fourteenth centuries
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Author:
De Pee, Christian.
ISBN:
9780791470732
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
Physical Description:
xiv, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Contents:
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.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index.
Field 805:
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