Format:
VIII, 511 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780674492035
,
067449203X
Series Statement:
Harvard-Yenching Institute monographs 91
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction : han memorial culture"Repeated inking" and the backdrop of a manuscript culture -- "Continuous chanting" and the backdrop of an oral performance culture -- Inking and chanting share their secret of longevity -- The ancestor's given names as locative markers -- The ancestor's surname as a spatial marker -- Following the named lineage back through time -- The age of childhood -- The age of adulthood -- The age of advanced years -- The age of death -- The age of afterlife -- Weakening personal agency -- Strengthening interpersonal bonds -- A dynamic relationship net -- Calling cards and the trafficking of names -- The ancestral shrine and its tools of remembrance -- The cemetery and its tools of remembrance -- Commemorative portraiture as a tool of remembrance -- Reduction -- Conversion -- Association.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
China
;
Bestattungsritus
;
Zeremonie
;
Grabinschrift
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Totengedächtnis
;
Geschichte 221 v. Chr.-220
