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Author Standaert, N.

Title The interweaving of rituals : funerals in the cultural exchange between China and Europe / Nicolas Standaert
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 328 p.)
Series China Program Book
China Program book.
Contents Chinese and European funerals -- Missionaries' knowledge of Chinese funerals -- The gradual embedding of Christian funeral rituals in China -- Funerals as public manifestation -- Funerals as community practice -- Christian versus superstitious rituals -- Imperial sponsorship of Jesuit funerals -- Conclusion: The metaphor of textile weaving
Summary Demonstrates the interweaving of Chinese and European ritual practices at different levels of interaction in seventeenth-century China. This book explores the role of rituals - specifically rites related to death and funerals - in cross-cultural exchange
Notes "A China program book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-314) and index
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Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- China
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Europe
Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Social exchange -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
Social exchange -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Manners and customs
Bestattung
Kulturaustausch
Begravningsseder -- Europa.
Begravningsseder -- Kina.
Döden -- religiösa aspekter -- kristendom.
SUBJECT China -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186
China -- Religious life and customs
Subject China
Europe
China
Europa
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021694550
ISBN 9780295800042
0295800046