Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China

Language: English

Published by University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2008

0824832329 / 9780824832322

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Hardcover with dust jacket showing a repaired puncture tear. Blue covers with gold lettering to spine. Some wrinkling noted to head of spine. Pages clean and unmarked. This is the first in-depth study of Chinese bridal laments, a ritual and performative art practiced by Chinese women in premodern times that gave them a rare opportunity to voice their grievances publicly. Drawing on methodologies from numerous disciplines, including performance arts and folk literatures, the author suggests that the ability to move an audience through her lament was one of the most important symbolic and ritual skills a Chinese woman could possess before the modern era.

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Title
Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China
Author
McLaren, Anne E.
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
Publication year
2008
Condition
Near fine
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0824832329
ISBN 13
9780824832322
Edition
1st Edition
Item weight
476 grams
Dimensions
2.54x14.986x22.86 cm

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