The Commercialization of Ritual and Transformation of Kinship in Urban China

中国城市中仪式的商业化与亲属关系的转变

• 批准号: DP140101294
• 负责人: Prof Andrew Kipnis
• 金额: $ 9.3万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-02-05 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140101294
• 关键词: Commercialization; Ritual; Transformation; Kinship; Urban

This project analyses transformations in the practice of kinship in urban China by examining the commercial enterprises that conduct funerals and weddings. Through a focus on the imagination of kinship performed in these rituals, it will address major scholarly debates on three topics: the relationship between urbanisation and practices of kinship; the wider social ramifications of the commercialisation of ritual; and how to theorise Chinese modernity. In addition to contributing to theoretical debates, the project will make a major empirical contribution to China studies by providing the first systematic depiction of contemporary urban funerals.

本项目通过考察举办葬礼和婚礼的商业企业，分析中国城市亲属关系实践的变化。 通过关注这些仪式中表现的亲属关系的想象，它将解决三个主题的主要学术辩论：城市化和亲属关系实践之间的关系;仪式商业化的更广泛的社会影响;以及如何理论化中国现代性。除了有助于理论辩论，该项目将通过提供对当代城市葬礼的第一个系统描述，为中国研究做出重大的实证贡献。