Performing grief bridal laments in rural China / [electronic resource] :
Anne E. McLaren.
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2008.
- x, 209 p. : map.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index.
Imagining Jiangnan -- The people of the sands -- The hollow cotton spool : women and labour in Nanhui -- Seizing a slice of heaven : the lament cycle of Pan Cailian -- Weeping and wailing in Chinese history -- Shaking heaven : laments & ritual power.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Marriage customs and rites--China. Arranged marriage--China. Brides--Social conditions.--China Women--Social conditions.--China Rural families--Social conditions.--China Laments--China. Oral tradition--China. Country life--Social life and customs.--China