Chiasm -- Endless scroll -- Origins -- Liturgy -- Ideology -- Sacrifice -- Ghost bills -- Burlesque -- Value -- A postscript on a grain of sand
Summary
For a thousand years throughout China and beyond, people have burned paper replicas of valuable things for the spirits of deceased family members, ancestors, and myriads of demons and divinities. This book explores the cultural logic of this practice while addressing larger anthropological questions concerning the nature of value
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index
