| Description |
1 online resource (623 pages). |
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| Series |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
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Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction: Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore:; Part I: Chinese Ritual Practice in Singapore; Chapter 1: Some Occasional Rites Performedby the Singapore Cantonese; Chapter 2: Chinese Rites for the Repose of the Soul, with Special Reference to Cantonese Custom; Chapter 3: Paper Charms, and Prayer Sheets asAdjuncts to Chinese Worship; Chapter 4: Ghost Marriages amongthe Singapore Chinese; Chapter 5: Ghost Marriages among the Singapore Chinese:A Further Note; Part II: Religious Associations in Singapore and China. |
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Chapter 6: Chinese Women's Vegetarian Houses in SingaporeChapter 7: Chinese Religion and Religious Institutionsin Singapore; Chapter 8: The Emergence and Social Function ofChinese Religious Associations in Singapore; Chapter 9: The Great Way of Former Heaven: A Group ofChinese Secret Religious Sects; Chapter 10: Chinese Religion and Rural Cohesionin the Nineteenth Century; Part III: Economy and Society: Hong Kong and Guangdong; Chapter 11: The Role of Savings and Wealthamong Hong Kong Chinese. |
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Chapter 12Capital, Saving and Credit among IndigenousRice Farmers and Immigrant Vegetable Farmersin Hong Kong's New TerritoriesPart IV: Religion and Society: Hong Kong and Guangdong; Chapter 13: Some Basic Conceptions andTheir Traditional Relationship to Society; Chapter 14: Chinese Occasional Rites in Hong Kong; Chapter 15: Notes on Some Vegetarian Halls in Hong Kong Belonging to the Sect of Hsien-T'ien Tao (The Way of Former Heaven); Chapter 16: Marriage Resistance in Rural Kwangtung; Part V: Chinese and Western Medicine in Hong Kong. |
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Chapter 17: Chinese Traditional Ideas and the Treatment of Disease: Two Examples from Hong KongChapter 18: Cosmic Antagonisms: A Mother-Child Syndrome; Chapter 19: Chinese and Western Medicine in Hong Kong: Some Social and Cultural Determinants of Variation, Interaction and Change; Chapter 20: Chinese Traditional Aetiology and Methods of Cure in Hong Kong; Appendix: Glossary of Chinese Terms; Index. |
| Summary |
The volume collects the published articles of Dr Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hong Kong (China) -- Religion.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions.
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Medicine, Chinese -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Medicine, Chinese. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
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Chinese -- Singapore -- Religion.
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Chinese. |
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Singapore. |
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Religion. |
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Guangdong Sheng (China) -- Emigration and immigration.
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Multi-User |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
DeBernardi, Jean.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Topley, Marjorie. Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore : Gender, Religion, Medicine and Money. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, ©2011 9789888028146 |
| ISBN |
9789888053650 (electronic book) |
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9888053655 (electronic book) |
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9888028146 |
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9789888028146 |
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