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Chinese American Death Rituals
Respecting the Ancestors
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2005
Summary
Death is a topic that has fascinated people for centuries. In the English-speaking world, eulogies in poetic form could be traced back to the 1640s, but gained prominence with the 'graveyard school' of poets in the eighteenth century often stressing the finality of death. Chinese American Death Rituals examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century until the present in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary rites and their transformation through time. The authors in this volume discuss the meaning of funerary rituals and their normative dimension and the social practices that have been influenced by tradition. Shaped by individual beliefs, customs, religion, and environment, Chinese Americans have resolved the tensions between assimilation into the mainstream culture and their strong Chinese heritage in a variety of ways. This volume expertly describes and analyzes Chinese American cultural retention and transformation in rituals after death.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-0-7591-0734-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-7591-1462-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
310
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
1: “What We Didn’t Understand”: A History of Chinese Death Ritual in China and California No access Pages 19 - 46
2: On Dying American: Cantonese Rites for Death and Ghost-Spirits in an American City No access Pages 47 - 80
3: Archaeological Excavations at Virginiatown’s Chinese Cemeteries No access Pages 81 - 106
4: Venerate These Bones: Chinese American Funerary and Burial Practices as Seen in Carlin, Elko County, Nevada No access Pages 107 - 146
5: Respecting the Dead: Chinese Cemeteries and Burial Practices in the Interior Pacific Northwest No access Pages 147 - 174
6: Remembering Ancestors in Hawai‘i No access Pages 175 - 194
7: The Chinese Mortuary Tradition in San Francisco Chinatown No access Pages 195 - 240
8: Old Rituals in New Lands: Bringing the Ancestors to America No access Pages 241 - 262
