The Shi King, the Old "Poetry Classic" of the Chinese
| Author | : William Jennings |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 1891 |
| Genre | : Chinese poetry |
| ISBN | : |
The Summons Of Centuries Past Reflections On Hong Kong A True Account
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Haunting Experiences
| Author | : Diane Goldstein |
| Publisher | : University Press of Colorado |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2007-09-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0874216818 |
Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.
Asian Christian Theologies: Asia region, 7th-20th centuries ; South Asia ; Austral Asia
| Author | : John C. England |
| Publisher | : Orbis Books |
| Total Pages | : 742 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
V.1. Asia region 7th-20th centuries; South Asia; Austral Asia; v.2. Southeast Asia; v.3. Northeast Asia.
Dimensions of Originality
| Author | : Katharine P Burnett |
| Publisher | : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2013-03-13 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9629964562 |
This book investigates the issue of conceptual originality in art criticism of the seventeenth century, a period in which China dynamically reinvented itself. In art criticism, the term which was called upon to indicate conceptual originality more than any other was "qi", literally, "different"; but secondarily, "odd," like a number and by extension, "the novel," and "extraordinary." This work finds that originality, expressed through visual difference, was a paradigmatic concern of both artists and critics. Burnett speculates on why many have dismissed originality as a possible "traditional Chinese" value, and the ramifications this has had on art historical understanding. She further demonstrates that a study of individual key terms can reveal social and cultural values and provides a linear history of the increase in critical use of "qi" as "originality" from the fifth through the seventeenth centuries, exploring what originality looks like in artworks by members of the gentry elite and commoner classes, and explains how the value lost its luster at the end of the seventeenth century.
Death, Dying and Bereavement
| Author | : Cecilia Lai Wan Chan |
| Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2006-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9789622097872 |
Fear marks the boundary between the known and the unknown. Some Chinese people believe that talking about death will increase the likelihood of occurrence. Also, by talking about death, evil spirits will be attracted to haunt people. In facing death, individual response is inevitably moulded by the values, attitudes, and beliefs of one's culture. Despite the large Chinese emigrant population in major cities in the world, available material in English on death, dying and bereavement among Chinese people is scarce. As Hong Kong is a place where East meets West, most professionals working in the field of death, dying and bereavement adapt knowledge from the West to their practice with the Chinese population. The intention of this volume is to consolidate and disseminate valuable practical wisdom with professionals in the local and international communities who serve Chinese patients and their family members. Both Editors are from the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong. Professor Cecilia Lai Wan Chan has done extensive research in psychosocial oncology, behavioral health, grief, loss and bereavement. Amy Yin Man Chow, an Honorary Clinical Associate in the department, is a registered social worker specialized in bereavement counselling.
