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The Writing of Weddings in Middle Period China Text and Ritual Practice in the Eighth through Four
by [de Pee, Christian]
$42.37
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A groundbreaking work that treats writing as a ritual practice and texts as ritual objects.
Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle-Period weddings, but also reassesses the relationship between texts and the Middle-Period past. Its fourfold narrative of the writing of weddings and its spirited engagement with the texts-ritual manuals, engagement letters, nuptial songs, calendars and almanacs, and legal texts-offer a form and style for a cultural history that accommodates the particularities of the sources of the Chinese imperial past.
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- State University of New Y Brand
- Jan 3, 2008 Pub Date:
- 9780791470749 ISBN-13:
- 0791470741 ISBN-10:
- 380.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.87 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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