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Title
Filial obsessions : Chinese patriliny and its discontents / P. Steven Sangren.
ISBN
9783319504933 (electronic book)
3319504932 (electronic book)
9783319504926
3319504924
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-50493-3 doi
Call Number
GN487.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.8
Summary
This book employs a broad analysis of Chinese patriliny to propose a distinctive theoretical conceptualization of the role of desire in culture. It utilizes a unique synthesis of Marxian and psychoanalytic insights in arguing that Chinese patriliny is best understood as, simultaneously, "a mode of production of desire" and as "instituted fantasy." The argument advances through discussions and analyses of kinship, family, gender, filial piety, ritual, and (especially) mythic narratives. In each of these domains, P. Steven Sangren addresses the complex sentiments and ambivalences associated with filial relations. Unlike most earlier studies which approach Chinese patriliny and filial piety as irreducible markers of cultural difference, Sangren argues that Chinese patriliny is better approached as a topic of critical inquiry in its own right.
Note
This book employs a broad analysis of Chinese patriliny to propose a distinctive theoretical conceptualization of the role of desire in culture. It utilizes a unique synthesis of Marxian and psychoanalytic insights in arguing that Chinese patriliny is best understood as, simultaneously, "a mode of production of desire" and as "instituted fantasy." The argument advances through discussions and analyses of kinship, family, gender, filial piety, ritual, and (especially) mythic narratives. In each of these domains, P. Steven Sangren addresses the complex sentiments and ambivalences associated with filial relations. Unlike most earlier studies which approach Chinese patriliny and filial piety as irreducible markers of cultural difference, Sangren argues that Chinese patriliny is better approached as a topic of critical inquiry in its own right.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Culture, mind, and society.
Preface and overview
Popular religion, a Chinese superboy, and "the investiture of the gods"
"Filial piety" and cultural difference
Spirit possession, family issues, and the revelation of gods' biographies
Filial piety : fathers, real and imagined
The social production of desire
Ancestor worship, the Confucian father, and filial piety
Women as outsiders : princesses, defilement, and Buddhist salvation
Woman as symptom : beyond gender?
A concluding manifesto : culture and desire.
