RT Book
T1 Filial obsessions: Chinese patriliny and its discontents
T2 Culture, mind, and society
A1 Sangren, P. Steven 1946-
LA English
PP Cham, Switzerland
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/887712630
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN GN487.5
SN 3319504924
SN 9783319504926
K1 Patrilineal kinship : China
K1 Ethnology : Asia
K1 Ethnography
K1 Sociology
K1 Sex (Psychology)
K1 Gender expression
K1 Gender Identity
K1 cross-cultural psychology
K1 Psychology