Ancient Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections: Shang Ritual Bronzes (Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections)

This personal yet scholarly journey into the confusing and clandestine world of ritual abuse survivors sheds light on their catastrophic experiences and their efforts to heal after...

The word “ritual” is used in three different, though related, ways. First, ritual is conceived as a kind of action. Second, ritual is a cultural domain, arena, stage, or field, in ...

The ‘Introduction’ asks what is ritual? Is ritual useful? What are the various kinds of ritual? It suggests that to think about ritual is to reflect on human nature, sociality, and...

The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring...

This chapter examines anti-Chinese activities in two towns: Carson City in Nevada and Truckee in California. Anti-Chinese movements emerged when it became clear to Euro-Americans t...

Examining early Chinese ritual discourse during the Warring States and early Western Han Periods, this book reveals how performance became a fundamental feature of ritual and polit...

Myths of the Central Plains provides an insight into ancient Chinese beliefs and legends, including creation stories, legendary emperors and heroes, nature myth...

Abstract Stephanie M. Wong’s Making Catholicism Chinese analyzes how a coalition of foreign-born and Chinese Catholics attempted to indigenize Catholicism in earl...