The Funeral of Mr. Wang: Life, Death, and Ghosts in Urbanizing China

by Andrew B Kipnis and Andrew B. Kipnis

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In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas, people have neither land for burials nor elder relatives to conduct funerals. Chinese urbanization, which has increased drastically in recent decades, involves the creation of cemeteries, state-run funeral homes, and small private funerary businesses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520381971
• ISBN13: 9780520381971
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"