01856nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10386697 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080307s2008 hiub sb s001 0 eng 2008010175 9780824832322 (hbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)436458831 a-cc--- GT2783.A2 M35 2008eb 392.50951 22 McLaren, Anne E. (Anne Elizabeth) Performing grief [electronic resource] : bridal laments in rural China / Anne E. McLaren. Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2008. x, 209 p. : map. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index. Imagining Jiangnan -- The people of the sands -- The hollow cotton spool : women and labour in Nanhui -- Seizing a slice of heaven : the lament cycle of Pan Cailian -- Weeping and wailing in Chinese history -- Shaking heaven : laments & ritual power. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Marriage customs and rites China. Arranged marriage China. Brides China Social conditions. Women China Social conditions. Rural families China Social conditions. Laments China. Oral tradition China. Country life China Social life and customs. China Social life and customs. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386697 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 205331 205331