Research Catalog

Title

Defining Chu : image and reality in ancient China / edited by Constance A. Cook and John S. Major.

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors

• Cook, Constance A.
• Major, John S.

Description

ix, 254 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Subjects

• China > Civilization > To 221 B.C
• Historiography > China
• China > Civilization > To 221 B.C > Historiography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-238) and index.

Contents

Preface: what does "defining Chu" mean? / Constance A. Cook and John S. Major -- Introduction / Constance A. Cook and Barry B. Blakeley -- pt. 1. Perspectives in defining Chu culture. The geography of Chu / Barry B. Blakeley ; Chu culture: an archaeological overview / Xu Shaohua ; Chu art: link between the old and new / Jenny F. So -- pt. 2. State and society. Chu society and state: image versus reality / Barry B. Blakeley ; The ideology of the Chu ruling class: ritual rhetoric and bronze inscriptions / Constance A. Cook ; Chu law in action: legal documents from tomb 2 at Baoshan / Susan Weld ; Towns and trade: cultural diversity and Chu daily life / Heather A. Peters -- pt. 3. The spirit of Chu. Characteristics of late Chu religion / John S. Major ; Monkeys, shamans, emperors, and poets: the Chuci and images of Chu during the Han dynasty / Gopal Sukhu ; Conclusion / John S. Major ; Appendix: translation of the Chu silk manuscript / Li Ling and Constance A. Cook.

Call Number

*OVO 00-4713

ISBN

0824818857 (cloth : acid-free paper)

LCCN

99027952

OCLC

41096308

Title

Defining Chu : image and reality in ancient China / edited by Constance A. Cook and John S. Major.

Imprint

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c1999.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-238) and index.

Added Author

Cook, Constance A.

Major, John S.

Research Call Number

*OVO 00-4713