Chinese Ancestor Worship : A Practice and Ritual Oriented Approach to Understanding Chinese Culture.

This book is a new approach to how we in the West understand China and Chinese culture. It challenges the master narrative of Confucianism and shows that ancestor worship has underpinned Chinese culture in many influential and vital ways and provides a nuanced and more efficacious paradigm through w...

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Author / Creator: Lakos, William.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2010.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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