Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 463 Seiten)
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Edition:
Open Access edition
ISBN:
9789004361034
Series Statement:
China studies volume 39
Content:
Contextualizing Chaoben: on the popular manuscript culture of the late Qing and Republican period in China -- Apologia in Chaoben -- Written in the margins: reading into texts -- Teacher Xu: entering a classroom in late Qing China -- A Qing dynasty astrologer's predictions for the future -- Constructing the family in Republican China: Shandong in text: comma here 1944 -- Mr. Bai and Mr. Qian earn their living: considering two handwritten in text: without hyphen notebooks of matching couplets from China in the late Qing and early Republic -- The troublesome ghosts: part 1 -- The troublesome ghosts: part 2.
Content:
"In this exciting book, Ronald Suleski introduces daily life for the common people of China in the century from 1850 to 1950. They were semi-literate, yet they have left us written accounts of their hopes, fears, and values. They have left us the hand-written manuscripts (chaoben 抄本) now flooding the antiques markets in China. These documents represent a new and heretofore overlooked category of historical sources. Suleski gives a detailed explanation of the interaction of chaoben with the lives of the people. He offers examples of why they were so important to the poor laboring masses: people wanted horoscopes predicting their future, information about the ghosts causing them headaches, a few written words to help them trade in the rural markets, and many more examples are given. The book contains a special appendix giving the first complete translation into English of a chaoben describing the ghosts and goblins that bedeviled the poor working classes"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004361027
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Suleski, Ronald Stanley, 1942 - Daily life for the common people of China, 1850 to 1950 Leiden : Brill, 2018 ISBN 9789004361027
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004361034
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