Street criers a cultural history of Chinese beggars

Hanchao Lu provides a study of beggars' culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-20th century. He brings to life the concepts and practices of mendicancy including organised begging and the relationship between street people and Communist politics.

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1. Verfasser: Lu, Hanchao (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 2005
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  • On the rivers and lakes
  • Sympathy versus antipathy
  • Legend has it
  • Coping with mendicants
  • Ruling the street
  • Wisdom of mendicancy
  • Men's limbs and women's mouths
  • Chairman Mao picked on a beggar.