International audienceThe question of death management sheds new light on the relationships between modern states, religion, and society. Funerary reforms have been a key element of the modern nation-states' appropriation of private religious practices, particularly among Asian socialist states. Such states move funerary practices out of the realm of religion, in the name of secularism and rationality and instate hygienist and egalitarian policies. However, the state also imposes ritual and emotional norms that prevent families from managing their own lives and deaths at will. This article provides an overview of funerary policies along China's twentieth century 5struggles against 'traditional' rituals, creation of public cemeteries and pub...
During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional ...
Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.This elect...
In a civilization where death was not perceived as a traumatic experience but as an ineluctable and ...
International audienceThe question of death management sheds new light on the relationships between ...
In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas...
In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas...
The inevitability of life is death. While emotions surrounding the loss of a loved one is complex, p...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article discusses the recent revival of the Tomb Sweeping Festival (Qingmingjie) as a national ...
International audienceThe rites for the dead express the relationship the living people have with th...
International audienceThe rites for the dead express the relationship the living people have with th...
The theme of this paper is death and its ethnographic image. The presented data shows the results of...
During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional ...
Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.This elect...
In a civilization where death was not perceived as a traumatic experience but as an ineluctable and ...
International audienceThe question of death management sheds new light on the relationships between ...
In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas...
In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas...
The inevitability of life is death. While emotions surrounding the loss of a loved one is complex, p...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of...
This article discusses the recent revival of the Tomb Sweeping Festival (Qingmingjie) as a national ...
International audienceThe rites for the dead express the relationship the living people have with th...
International audienceThe rites for the dead express the relationship the living people have with th...
The theme of this paper is death and its ethnographic image. The presented data shows the results of...
During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional ...
Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2014.This elect...
In a civilization where death was not perceived as a traumatic experience but as an ineluctable and ...