A groundbreaking work that treats writing as a ritual practice and texts as ritual objects.
Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle-Period weddings, but also reassesses the relationship between texts and the Middle-Period past. Its fourfold narrative of the writing of weddings and its spirited engagement with the texts-ritual manuals, engagement letters, nuptial songs, calendars and almanacs, and legal texts-offer a form and style for a cultural history that accommodates the particularities of the sources of the Chinese imperial past.
| ISBN: | 9780791470732 |
| Publication date: | 15th April 2007 |
| Author: | Christian De Pee |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 365 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
| Genres: |
Asian history |
A groundbreaking work that treats writing as a ritual practice and texts as ritual objects.
Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle-Period weddings, but also reassesses the relationship between texts and the Middle-Period past. Its fourfold narrative of the writing of weddings and its spirited engagement with the texts-ritual manuals, engagement letters, nuptial songs, calendars and almanacs, and legal texts-offer a form and style for a cultural history that accommodates the particularities of the sources of the Chinese imperial past.
The Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period China features in the following genres: Asian history
The Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period China is available in Hardback
The Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period China was written by Christian De Pee and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
The Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period China has 365 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture series
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