Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore
Published by: Routledge
ISBN: 9780700706037
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 190
ISBN: 9780700706037
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 190
Book Summary
Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore throws light upon the Chinese perception of death and how they cope with its eventuality. In the seeming mass of religious rituals and beliefs, it suggests that there is an underlying logic to the rituals. This in turn leads Kiong to examine the interrelationship between death and the socioeconomic value system of China as a whole. LIST OF READINGS
The Problem of Death
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135530 | 25pp | Copyright Fee: $3.00
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The Process of Death: Funeral Rituals
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135531 | 19pp | Copyright Fee: $2.28
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Temples and Graveyards: Ancestral Rituals
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135532 | 19pp | Copyright Fee: $2.28
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Kin and Kindred: Death and Social Relations
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135533 | 13pp | Copyright Fee: $1.56
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Bones and Souls: Death and Inheritance
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135534 | 23pp | Copyright Fee: $2.76
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Flesh and Blood: Putrescence and the Pollution of Death
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135535 | 20pp | Copyright Fee: $2.40
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Unnatural Deaths
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135536 | 16pp | Copyright Fee: $1.92
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Conclusions: Dangerous Blood, Refined Souls
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135537 | 16pp | Copyright Fee: $1.92
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Appendix: List of Chinese Characters
Tong Chee-KiongID: s135538 | 5pp | Copyright Fee: $0.60
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