{"product_id":"the-funeral-of-mr-wang-andrew-b-kipnis-9780520381971","title":"The Funeral of Mr. Wang: Life, Death, and Ghosts in Urbanizing China","description":"A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In rural China funerals are conducted locally, on village land by village elders. But in urban areas, people have neither land for burials nor elder relatives to conduct funerals. Chinese urbanization, which has increased drastically in recent decades, involves the creation of cemeteries, state-run funeral homes, and small private funerary businesses. \u003ci\u003eThe Funeral of Mr. Wang \u003c\/i\u003eexamines social change in urbanizing China through the lens of funerals, the funerary industry, and practices of memorialization. It analyzes changes in family life, patterns of urban sociality, transformations in economic relations, the politics of memorialization, and the echoes of these changes in beliefs about the dead and ghosts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew B. Kipnis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520381971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520381971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Andrew B. Kipnis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994566099199,"sku":"9780520381971","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c423798d-2414-4d65-bb96-cb61f0af71cd.jpg?v=1683330915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-funeral-of-mr-wang-andrew-b-kipnis-9780520381971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}