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"When you drink water, think of its source": Morality, status, and reinvention in rural Chinese funerals

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The funeral rituals in a Chinese village called Moonshadow Pond confront the question of ritual persistence and innovation. A shared notion of ethical debt articulated at funerals that reflects the phrase 'when you drink the water, remember the source', characterizes all the funeral rituals.

China, Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Funerals

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Potter's progress: hybridity and accumulative change in rural Sri Lanka

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The author uses the term hybridization to describe the economic and social changes taking place in the lives of potters in Walangama, Sri Lanka. The potters pick and choose from the technology offered them by the developed world and use what fits into their lifestyle.

Scientific Research and Development Services, Sri Lanka, Development, Economic Programs-Total Govt, Administration of Economic Programs, Innovations, Economic aspects, Economic development, Potters, Pottery craft, Pottery making

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The cultural cold war in Korea, 1945-1950

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Before the armed conflict of the Korean War, the United States and the Soviet Union waged a cultural battle for the support of the people of North and South Korea. The author focuses on the spread of American culture in South Korea.

South Korea, North Korea, History, Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Soviet foreign relations, Cold War, 1945-1991, Americanization, Cultural imperialism

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