Practicing kinship
Subtitle: lineage and descent in late imperial China
By: Michael Szonyi.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Kinship -- China -- History; Patrilineal kinship -- China -- History; China -- Genealogy; China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644; China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Description: "Presenting a new approach to the history of Chinese kinship, this book attempts to bridge the gap between anthropological and historical scholarship on the Chinese lineage by considering its development in terms of individual and collective strategies.

Based on a wide range of newly available sources such as lineage genealogies and stone inscriptions, as well as oral history and extensive observation of contemporary ritual practice in the field, this work explores the historical development of kinship in villages of the Fuzhou region of southeastern Fujian province."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Kinship Ideas and Institutions in Fuzhou History; title: 2. Genealogical Tracing and Ethnic Labeling 26; title: 3. Organizing Kin: The Lijia and the Lineage 56; title: 4. The Ancestral Hall 90; title: 5. Rituals of the Ancestral Hall: New Year's Day; title: and the Lantern Festival 138; title: 6. The Local Cult: Lijia, Lineage, and Temple 169; title: 7. Conclusion: Flexible Strategies of Kinship Practice 197.