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Excavating the Afterlife

- The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion
Af: Guolong Lai Engelsk Hardback

Excavating the Afterlife

- The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion
Af: Guolong Lai Engelsk Hardback
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In Excavating the Afterlife, Guolong Lai explores the dialectical relationship between sociopolitical change and mortuary religion from an archaeological perspective. By examining burial structure, grave goods, and religious documents unearthed from groups of well-preserved tombs in southern China, Lai shows that new attitudes toward the dead, resulting from the trauma of violent political struggle and warfare, permanently altered the early Chinese conceptions of this world and the afterlife. The book grounds the important changes in religious beliefs and ritual practices firmly in the sociopolitical transition from the Warring States (ca. 453–221 BCE) to the early empires (3rd century–1st century BCE).

A methodologically sophisticated synthesis of archaeological, art historical, and textual sources, Excavating the Afterlife will be of interest to art historians, archaeologists, and textual scholars of China, as well as to students of comparative religions.

Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/excavating-the-afterlife

Honorable Mention for the 2016 Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly Category

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In Excavating the Afterlife, Guolong Lai explores the dialectical relationship between sociopolitical change and mortuary religion from an archaeological perspective. By examining burial structure, grave goods, and religious documents unearthed from groups of well-preserved tombs in southern China, Lai shows that new attitudes toward the dead, resulting from the trauma of violent political struggle and warfare, permanently altered the early Chinese conceptions of this world and the afterlife. The book grounds the important changes in religious beliefs and ritual practices firmly in the sociopolitical transition from the Warring States (ca. 453–221 BCE) to the early empires (3rd century–1st century BCE).

A methodologically sophisticated synthesis of archaeological, art historical, and textual sources, Excavating the Afterlife will be of interest to art historians, archaeologists, and textual scholars of China, as well as to students of comparative religions.

Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/excavating-the-afterlife

Honorable Mention for the 2016 Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly Category

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780295994499
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0295994495
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 2 mar 2015
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 263mm
Højde: 190mm
Forlag: University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato: 2 mar 2015
Forfatter(e): Guolong Lai
Forfatter(e) Guolong Lai

Kategori China

ISBN-13 9780295994499

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 27mm

Bredde 263mm

Højde 190mm

Udg. Dato 2 mar 2015

Oplagsdato 2 mar 2015

Forlag University of Washington Press