’When You Drink Water, Think of Its Source”: Morality, Status, and Reinvention in Ryral Chinese Funerals

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 961-990

  Oxfeld, Ellen ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84985035981     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: 17520401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911804002384     Document Type: Article

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