Chinese American Death Rituals Respecting the Ancestors,9780759107342

Chinese American Death Rituals Respecting the Ancestors

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ISBN13: 9780759107342
ISBN10: 0759107343
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-08
Publisher(s): AltaMira Press
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Summary

Chinese American Death Rituals examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century until the present in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary rites and their transformation through time. The authors in this volume discuss the meaning of funerary rituals and their normative dimension and the social practices that have been influenced by tradition. Shaped by individual beliefs, customs, religion, and environment, Chinese Americans have resolved the tensions between assimilation into the mainstream culture and their strong Chinese heritage in a variety of ways. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(18)
Sue Fawn Chung and Priscilla Wegars
1 "What We Didn't Understand": A History of Chinese Death Ritual in China and California 19(28)
Wendy L. Rouse
2 On Dying American: Cantonese Rites for Death and Ghost-Spirits in an American City 47(34)
Paul G. Chace
3 Archaeological Excavations at Virginiatown's Chinese Cemeteries 81(26)
Wendy L. Rouse
4 Venerate These Bones: Chinese American Funerary and Burial Practices as Seen in Carlin, Elko County, Nevada 107(40)
Sue Fawn Chung, Fred P. Frampton, and Timothy W. Murphy
5 Respecting the Dead: Chinese Cemeteries and Burial Practices in the Interior Pacific Northwest 147(28)
Terry Abraham and Priscilla Wegars
6 Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i 175(20)
Sue Fawn Chung and Reiko Neizman
7 The Chinese Mortuary Tradition in San Francisco Chinatown 195(46)
Linda Sun Crowder
8 Old Rituals in New Lands: Bringing the Ancestors to America 241(22)
Roberta S. Greenwood
Bibliography 263(24)
Index 287(18)
About the Contributors 305

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