Chinese death rituals in Singapore
Tong Chee-Kiong
Edition 1
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Title and Author
Chinese death rituals in Singapore / Tong Chee-KiongPublication Details
لندن : RoutledgeCurzon، 2004مPhysical Description
viii, 190 p.: ill.; 25 cm.Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- SingaporeDeath
Chinese -- Singapore Rites and ceremonies
series
(Anthropology of Asia series؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 871-781( and index.
Contents
The problem of death -- The process of death: funeral rituals -- Temples and graveyards: ancestral rituals -- Kin and kindred: death and social relations -- Bones and souls: death and inheritance -- Flesh and blood: putrescence and the pollution of death -- Unnatural deaths -- Dangerous blood, refined souls