The Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period China

The Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period ChinaA groundbreaking work that treats writing as a ritual practice and texts as ritual objects. Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle Period weddings, but also reassesses the relationship between texts and the Middle Period past. Its fourfold narrative of the writing of weddings and its spirited engagement with the texts

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