Mourning Rituals in Archaic & Classical Greece and Pre-Qin China

• Main Author: Wu, Xiaoqun (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Religion-History.; Ethnology.; Ethnology-Asia.; History of Religion.; Social Anthropology.; Asian Culture.

This pivot compares mourning rituals in Archaic & Classical Greece and Pre-Qin China to illustrate some of the principles and methods used in comparative studies. It focuses on three main aspects of mourning of the dead before burial - lamentation, mourners' gestures and behaviors, and mour...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Attitudes towards death in Ancient Greece and Ancient China
• Lamentation
• Mourners' Gestures and Behaviours
• Mourning Apparel
• Conclusions.