Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 191 p)
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0415305713
Content:
In dealing with the central theme of separation this book also provides a good general introduction to many of the classic debates within anthropological and historical analyses of China
Note:
Include bibliographical references and index
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on the contributors; Preface; Introduction: the separation constraint in China; Singing of separation, lamenting loss: Hakka women's expressions of separation and reunion; Separations, autonomy and recognition in the production of gender differences: reflections from considerations of myths and laments; An unsafe distance; Dams and dreams: a return-to-homeland movement in northwest China; The 'glorious returns' of Chinese pilgrims to Mecca; Exiles and reunion: nostalgia among overseas Hmong (Miao); Linguistic and social patterns of separation and reunion
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Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415305716
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Living with Separation in China : Anthropological Accounts
Language:
English
