Filial obsessions: Chinese patriliny and its discontents

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 p...

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Main Author: Sangren, P. Steven 1946- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Culture, mind, and society
Further subjects:B Patrilineal kinship (China)
B Ethnography
B Gender Identity
B Sociology
B Gender expression
B Psychology
B Ethnology Asia
B Patrilineal kinship China
B Sex (Psychology)
B cross-cultural psychology
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:3319504924