Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101294

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101294

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Commercialization of Ritual and Transformation of Kinship in Urban China. 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.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-02-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $133,136.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Studies of Asian Society | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Anthropology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |

Other Keywords

Anthropology | Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Studies of Asian Society

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