Author : Mihwa Choi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019045976X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Death Rituals and Politics in Northern Song China by : Mihwa Choi
Download or read book Death Rituals and Politics in Northern Song China written by Mihwa Choi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adaptation of ancestral ritual to serve the royal imaginary -- How does heaven come to speak?: the contesting discourse and the revival of Confucian death rituals -- Ordering society through Confucian rituals -- Offering for saving of the souls -- Social imaginaries and politics in the narratives on the world-beyond and the supernatural -- Burial: a contested site for social imaginaries