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Confucianism and Family Rituals in Imperial China: A Social History of Writing about Rites
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Confucianism and Family Rituals in Imperial China: A Social History of Writing about Rites
Contributors:
By (Author) Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Sociology: family and relationships
Dewey:
951
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
397g
Description
To explore the historical connections between Confucianism and Chinese society, this book examines the social and cultural processes through which Confucian texts on family rituals were written, circulated, interpreted, and used as guides to action. Weddings, funerals, and ancestral rites were central features of Chinese culture; they gave drama to
