The poetics of grief and the price of hemp in Southwest China

Article Abstract:

Mourning customs in northern Yunnan, China, intertwine expressions of grief with the community's main livelihood which is hemp production. Since the making of hemp involves families, the death of a family member is a big loss. Expressions of grief are made through explicit associations of how hemp is made which detail the various relationships the labor entails. The collective expression of grief serves the purpose of sustaining life among the living. In a sense, the material and political aspects of hemp production are linked with the need to express grief.

Social aspects, China, Analysis, Grief, Hemp, Hemp (Fiber), Mourning customs, Yunnan, China, Laments

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Performing masculinity and the self: love, body, and privacy in Hu Shi

Article Abstract:

The life and autobiographical writings of the early twentieth-century Chinese intellectual leader, scholar and educator, Hu Shi are examined. Hu Shi is situated in the discursive processes through which his notion of the self and his flirtation with disclosure and concealment emerged, analyzing the performance of his masculinity in public and private.

Hu Shu

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Brocade of human desires: the poetics of weaving in the Jin Ping Mei and traditional commentaries

Article Abstract:

The sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei is a piece of ingeniously woven brocade of human desires and its principle of composition is a poetics of weaving. The novel engages in an artistic exploration of a broad spectrum of human desires with an innovative artistic vision and carefully crafted techniques.

Evaluation, Jin Ping Mei (Novel)

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