Governing Death, Making Persons: The New Chinese Way of Death - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501767227ISBN-10:1501767224UPC:9781501767227Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Death & Dying, AsiaBook Topic:Cultural & Social, ChinaSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCSV95DVNX
Governing Death, Making Persons: The New Chinese Way of Death
Governing Death, Making Persons tells the story of how economic reforms and changes in the management of death in China have affected the governance of persons. The Chinese Communist Party has sought to channel the funeral industry and death rituals into vehicles for reshaping people into "modern" citizens and subjects. Since the Reform and Opening period and the marketization of state funeral...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501767227ISBN-10:1501767224UPC:9781501767227Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Death & Dying, AsiaBook Topic:Cultural & Social, ChinaSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCSV95DVNX
Huwy-min Lucia Liu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University.
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