1st Edition

Chinese Kinship

By Paul Chao Copyright 1983
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1983. Professor Paul Chao writes Chinese Kinship in the line of the Chinese tradition; it is in this tradition that cultural complexes, such as family structure and kinship in relation to religious, political and economic organizations, are expounded by analysis of concepts and supported by historical documents. For the anthropological study of kinship is indispensable as a... Read more
Preface, Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. The nature and the development cycle of the Chinese family, 2. The family in kinship structure, 3. Filial piety and kinship, 4. Ancestral rituals and kinship, 5. Various aspects of social life in the Chinese kinship system, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Paul Chao Professor of Social Anthropology William Paterson College