UID:
edocfu_9959240389702883
Format:
1 online resource (204 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-40400-X
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1-134-40401-8
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1-280-07321-7
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9786610073214
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0-203-61345-7
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:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-35251-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-30571-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203613450
