Filial Obsessions : Chinese Patriliny and Its Discontents

Name: Filial Obsessions
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
SKU: 9783319844114
Price: 12250 KES
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ISBN: 9783319844114

Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2017 ed.

by P. Steven Sangren

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Culture, Mind, and Society

ISBN-10 3319844113

ISBN-13 9783319844114

Edition Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2017 ed.

Publisher Springer International Publishing AG

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 24th, 2018

Print length 381 Pages

Product Classification: Asia Cultural studies Gender studies, gender groups Cultural studies Gender studies, gender groups Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology Social, group or collective psychology

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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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