{"product_id":"death-rituals-and-politics-in-northern-song-china-9780190459765","title":"Death Rituals and Politics in Northern Song China","description":"In traditional China, a funeral and the accompanying death rituals represented a critical moment for the immediate family of the deceased to show their filial piety, a core value of the society. At the same time, death rituals were social occasions, and channels for the outward demonstration\u003cbr\u003eof belief in a religiously pluralistic society. During the Northern Song period, however, death rituals increasingly became an arena for political contention as attempts were made to transform these practices from a private matter into one subject to state control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath Rituals and Politics in Northern Song China\u003c\/em\u003e examines how political confrontations over the proper conduct of death rituals during Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) inaugurated a period of Confucian revivalism. Mihwa Choi interprets Northern Song court politics, family ritual practices, burial\u003cbr\u003epractices, and the popular imagination of the afterlife as sites of contest between groups of varying social status, political vision, and religious belief. She demonstrates that the oversight of ritual affairs by scholar-officials helped them gain the political upper hand they sought, and, more\u003cbr\u003ebroadly, fostered a revival of Confucianism as the dominant value system of Chinese society in the period that followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mihwa Choi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190459765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMihwa Choi\u003c\/strong\u003e received her Ph.D. from University of Chicago. Her research probes the role of religion in shaping the cultural, social, and political landscapes of China and Korea. Her articles have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAsia Major\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Daoist Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSeoul Journal of Korean Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929201066099,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0f618dc4-3209-4d67-ac80-21a65b02154b.jpg?v=1647611135","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/death-rituals-and-politics-in-northern-song-china-9780190459765","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}