TY - BOOK ID - 77900541 TI - Separation and reunion in modern China PY - 2000 SN - 1107119979 1280429615 0511172788 0511016174 0511151640 0511310781 0511488939 051105002X 9780511050022 9780511151644 9780521780179 0521780179 9780511016172 9780521784344 0521784344 9780511488931 0521780179 0521784344 9781107119970 9781280429613 9780511172786 9780511310782 PB - Cambridge New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Separation (Psychology) KW - Reunions KW - Meetings KW - Breaking up (Interpersonal relations) KW - Loss of loved one by separation KW - Love loss (Psychology) KW - Farewells KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Intimacy (Psychology) KW - Loss (Psychology) KW - China KW - Social life and customs. KW - Social Sciences KW - Sociology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900541 AB - In this original and readable book, Charles Stafford describes the Chinese fascination with separation and reunion. Drawing on his field studies in Taiwan and mainland China, he gives a vivid account of raucous festivals of reunion, elaborate rituals for the sending-off of gods (and daughters), poetic moments of leave-takings between friends, and bitter political rhetoric about Chinese national unity. The idioms and practices of separation and reunion - which are woven into the fabric of daily life - help people to explain the passions aroused by the possibility of national division. In this book, the discussion of everyday rituals leads into a unique and accessible general introduction to Chinese and Taiwanese society and culture. ER -