Street Criers: A Cultural History of Chinese BeggarsStanford University Press, 2005 - 269 sidor This is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a glance at the resurgence of beggars in China today. Generously illustrated, the book brings to life the concepts and practices of mendicancy including organized begging, state and society relations as reflected in the issues of poverty, public opinions of beggars and various factors that contribute to almsgiving, the role of gender in begging, and street people and Communist politics. Panoramically, the reader will see that the culture and institution of Chinese mendicancy, which had its origins in earlier centuries, remained remarkably consistent through time and space and that there were perennial and lively interactions between the world of beggars and mainstream society. |
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On the Rivers and Lakes | 13 |
Sympathy Versus Antipathy | 34 |
Legend Has It | 54 |
Coping with Mendicants | 90 |
Ruling the Street | 108 |
The Wisdom of Mendicancy | 133 |
Mens Limbs and Womens Mouths | 158 |
Chairman Mao Picked on a Beggar | 178 |
Conclusion | 196 |
Character List | 207 |
The Sound of Mendicity | 211 |
Notes | 215 |
Bibliography | 243 |
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