Format:
1 online resource (623 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789888053650
Series Statement:
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
Content:
The volume collects the published articles of Dr Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction: Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore: -- Part I: Chinese Ritual Practice in Singapore -- Chapter 1: Some Occasional Rites Performedby the Singapore Cantonese -- Chapter 2: Chinese Rites for the Repose of the Soul,with Special Reference to Cantonese Custom -- Chapter 3: Paper Charms, and Prayer Sheets asAdjuncts to Chinese Worship -- Chapter 4: Ghost Marriages amongthe Singapore Chinese -- Chapter 5: Ghost Marriages among the Singapore Chinese:A Further Note -- Part II: Religious Associations in Singapore and China -- Chapter 6: Chinese Women's Vegetarian Houses in Singapore -- Chapter 7: Chinese Religion and Religious Institutionsin Singapore -- Chapter 8: The Emergence and Social Function ofChinese Religious Associations in Singapore -- Chapter 9: The Great Way of Former Heaven: A Group ofChinese Secret Religious Sects -- Chapter 10: Chinese Religion and Rural Cohesionin the Nineteenth Century -- Part III: Economy and Society: Hong Kong and Guangdong -- Chapter 11: The Role of Savings and Wealthamong Hong Kong Chinese -- Chapter 12Capital, Saving and Credit among IndigenousRice Farmers and Immigrant Vegetable Farmersin Hong Kong's New Territories -- Part IV: Religion and Society: Hong Kong and Guangdong -- Chapter 13: Some Basic Conceptions andTheir Traditional Relationship to Society -- Chapter 14: Chinese Occasional Rites in Hong Kong -- Chapter 15: Notes on Some Vegetarian Halls in Hong Kong Belonging to the Sect of Hsien-T'ien Tao (The Way of Former Heaven) -- Chapter 16: Marriage Resistance in Rural Kwangtung -- Part V: Chinese and Western Medicine in Hong Kong -- Chapter 17: Chinese Traditional Ideas and the Treatment of Disease: Two Examples from Hong Kong -- Chapter 18: Cosmic Antagonisms: A Mother-Child Syndrome.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789888028146
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789888028146
Language:
English
Keywords:
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