Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore : Gender, Religion, Medicine and Money

DeBernardi, Jean [MitwirkendeR] ; DeBernardi, Jean [MitwirkendeR]

1st ed.

Englisch

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2011

2011.

1 online resource (623 pages)

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Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789888028146

978-988-8053-65-0

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-988-8028-14-6 (Druckausgabe)

*Electronic books

*Chinese ; China ; Hong Kong ; Economic conditions ; Chinese ; China ; Hong Kong ; Religion ; Chinese ; Singapore ; Religion ; Medicine, Chinese ; China ; Hong Kong ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DS796.H79

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 951.25;

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.

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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