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SUNY Series in Asian Studies Development SUNY Series in Asian Studies Development
An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family (c) An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family (c)
Format
cloth
Pages
xii, 237
ISBN
0-7914-5047-3

An outgrowth of an Asian Studies Development Program 1996 Institute on Chinese Classics, An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family covers a central element of Chinese culture, the idea of family, or jia. Written for both beginners and specialists, this book considers the role of family—literally, metaphorically, and as an organizing principle—in the creation of the Chinese worldview. Individual chapters explore philosophy, art, language, music, folk literature, fiction, architecture, film, and women and gender.

© State University of New York


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An outgrowth of an Asian Studies Development Program 1996 Institute on Chinese Classics, An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family covers a central element of Chinese culture, the idea of family, or jia. Written for both beginners and specialists, this book considers the role of family—literally, metaphorically, and as an organizing principle—in the creation of the Chinese worldview. Individual chapters explore philosophy, art, language, music, folk literature, fiction, architecture, film, and women and gender.

© State University of New York


Related Projects
Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP)

 

Hard copies may be purchased from the State University of New York Press.
 

Additional titles in the SUNY Series in Asian Studies Development