State and court ritual in China / edited by Joseph P. McDermott
by McDermott, Joseph Peter
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- ISBN 13
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 446 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; Ancient Chinese ritual as seen in the material record / Jessica Rawson -- The feng and shan sacrifices of Emperor Wu of the Han / Mark Edward Lewis -- The imperial way of death in Han China / Michael Loewe -- The emperor as bodhisattva : the bodhisattva ordination and ritual assemblies of Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty / Andreas Janousch -- The death rites of Tang Daizong / David L. McMullen -- The ceremony of gratitude / Oliver Moore -- The imperial household cults / Robert L. Chard -- The emperor in the village : representing the state in South China / David Faure -- Emperor, lites, and commoners : the community pact ritual of the late Ming / Joseph P. McDermott -- Manchu shamanic ceremonies at the Qing court / Nicola Di Cosmo -- On theatre and theory : reflections on ritual in imperial Chinese politics / James Laidlaw. Subjects; Rites and ceremonies China ; Congresses. Manners and customs.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- Title
- State and court ritual in China / edited by Joseph P. McDermott
- Author
- McDermott, Joseph Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521621577
- ISBN 13
- 9780521621571
- Publisher
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge.
- Date Published
- 1999
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