Filial Obsessions : Chinese Patriliny and Its Discontents
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Culture, Mind, and Society
ISBN-10
3319504924
ISBN-13
9783319504926
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 23rd, 2017
Print length
381 Pages
Weight
656 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 21.90 x 2.90 cms
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Unlike most earlier studies which approach Chinese patriliny and filial piety as irreducible markers of cultural difference, Sangren argues that Chinese patriliny is better approached as a topic of critical inquiry in its own right.
This book employs a broad analysis of Chinese patriliny to propose a distinctive theoretical conceptualization of the role of desire in culture. It utilizes a unique synthesis of Marxian and psychoanalytic insights in arguing that Chinese patriliny is best understood as, simultaneously, "a mode of production of desire" and as "instituted fantasy." The argument advances through discussions and analyses of kinship, family, gender, filial piety, ritual, and (especially) mythic narratives. In each of these domains, P. Steven Sangren addresses the complex sentiments and ambivalences associated with filial relations. Unlike most earlier studies which approach Chinese patriliny and filial piety as irreducible markers of cultural difference, Sangren argues that Chinese patriliny is better approached as a topic of critical inquiry in its own right.
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