264 Pages
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Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1983. Professor Paul Chao writes Chinese Kinship in the line of the Chinese tradition; it is in this tradition that cultural complexes, such as family structure and kinship in relation to religious, political and economic organizations, are expounded by analysis of concepts and supported by historical documents. For the anthropological study of kinship is indispensable as a supplement to important historical work on basis of written documents. Professor Chao has made, in the main, a study of kinship in China of all known periods. He has taken the points of view of social anthropology and has also given a history of his topic.
Preface, Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. The nature and the development cycle of the Chinese family, 2. The family in kinship structure, 3. Filial piety and kinship, 4. Ancestral rituals and kinship, 5. Various aspects of social life in the Chinese kinship system, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Paul Chao Professor of Social Anthropology William Paterson College
