Performing Grief

Author: Anne E. McLaren
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0824832329

Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China

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. Download Performing Grief: Bridal Laments in Rural China from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. 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. Performing Grief provides a detailed case study of the Nanhui region in the lower Yangzi delta. Bridal laments, the author argues, offer insights into how illiterate Chinese women understood the kinship and social hierarchies of their region, the ma Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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