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鄉土香港: 新界的政治、性別及禮儀

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本書是一部對中國人類學華南研究具有啟發性意義的經典著作。兩位來自美國的人類學學者,於上世紀六七十年代來到香港元朗新田及廈村居住,近距離觀察文氏及鄧氏兩個宗族的文化傳統,從人類學角度探討當時兩個鄉村的社會結構、性別差異及宗教禮儀。他們分工合作,紀錄及研究鄉村中男女的性別地位及等級觀念。隨?新市鎮的興建,新界地貌已變,書中提及的某些小村落也從此消失,許多傳統禮儀不再流行,本書通過資料搜集呈現當年鄉村生活的各種精神活動,如過繼習俗、祭祠、結婚儀式及葬禮禁忌等這些已漸被遺忘的廣東鄉村禮儀。本書是本地歷史的獨特紀錄,其中理論更?導了不少後學。

539 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 15, 2011

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