Conjugal relationships in Chinese culture : Sino-Western discourses and aesthetics on marriage / Chi Sum Garfield Lau, Kelly Kar Yue Chan, editors.
Lau, Chi Sum Garfield, editor.; Chan, Kelly Kar Yue, editor.
2023
HQ684 .C66 2023
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Title Conjugal relationships in Chinese culture : Sino-Western discourses and aesthetics on marriage / Chi Sum Garfield Lau, Kelly Kar Yue Chan, editors.
ISBN 9789811998416 electronic book
9811998418 electronic book
9789811998409
981199840X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9841-6
Published Singapore : Springer, [2023]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Item Number 10.1007/978-981-19-9841-6 doi
Call Number HQ684 .C66 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.810951
Summary This book reviews the presentation of conjugal relationships in Chinese culture and their perception in the West. It explores the ways in which the act of marriage is represented/misrepresented in different literary genres, as well as in cultural adaptations. It looks at the gendered characteristics at play that affect conjugal relationships in Chinese societal practices more widely. It also distinguishes between the essential features that give rise to nuptial arrangements from the Chinese perspective, looking at what in which Sino and/or Western mentalities differ in terms of notions of autonomy in marriage. It excavates the extent to which marriage is constituted in forms of transaction between female and male bodies and asks under what circumstances wedding ceremonies constitute archetypal or counter-archetypal notions in pre-modern and modern society. Authors cover a range of fascinating cultural topics, such as posthumous marriage (necrogamy) as an ancient and popular folk culture from the perspective of Confucian ideology, as well as looking at marriage from ancient to present times, duty and rights in conjugal relations, inter-racial and inter-cultural marriage, widowhood in Confucian ideology, issues of legitimacy in marriage and concubinage, the taboos surrounding divorce and re-marriage, and conjugal violence. The book serves to revisit the cultural connections between marriage and various art forms, including literature, film, theatre, and other adaptations. It is a rich intellectual resource for scholars and students researching the historical roots, cultural interpretations, and evolving aspects of marriage as shown in literature, art, and culture.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 26, 2023).
Added Author Lau, Chi Sum Garfield, editor.
Chan, Kelly Kar Yue, editor.
Series Chinese culture (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 7.
Available in Other Form Conjugal relationships in Chinese culture.
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Part I: Revolutionary Alternatives of Conjugal Relationships in Chinese Culture
Chapter 1: Divorce and Remarriage as Revealed in Cantonese Opera: The Phoenix Hairpin and The Return of Lady Wenji
Chapter 2: A Preliminary Note on the Ancient Sages Unmarried Mothers and the Acceleration of Virtuous Power
Chapter 3: Creating Romance or Divorce: Marriage Reform in Early 20th Century Chinese Print Media
Chapter 4: Free Love and Free Marriage: An American Female Missionarys Prescription and Chinese Writers Imagination in the Late 1920s
Chapter 5: Marriage in Migration and Homecoming: Joseph Conrads Amy Foster and Ha Jins The Woman from New York
Part II: Reassessment of Contemporary Nuptial Discourse in Various Forms
Chapter 6: Linguacultural Representation of the Cultural Self and Other in Chinese Womens Discourse on Transnational Remarriage
Chapter 7: A Visual Interpretation of Eastern and Western Relationships on Wedding Invitation Cards
Chapter 8: Norwegian Fortune-Teller Henning Hai Lee Yangs I Ching: Emphasis on Marriage during the Surge in Norwegian Divorces and Cohabitation
Chapter 9: Happily Ever After? Rethinking Marriage in Contemporary Hong Kong.

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