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Under the ancestors' eyes : kinship, status, and locality in premodern Korea
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Under the ancestors' eyes : kinship, status, and locality in premodern Korea / Martina Deuchler.
ISBN
9780674504301
0674504305
Publication
[Cambridge] : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, [2015]
Physical Description
xviii, 609 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 16, 2015
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 378
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Foundations
The indigenous descent groups of Silla and Koryo
Crisis of identity: new dynastic ventures
The challenge of Neo-Confucianism
Part II. Rebuilding the countryside
Repossessing the countryside: the formation of localized elite descent groups
Consolidation of localized elites in mid-dynasty: the social dimensions
Consolidation of localized elites in mid-dynasty: the economic dimensions
Part III. Confucian learning and practice
The Sajok elites as Confucian learners
Ritual practice and the early formation of localized lineages
Communal stratification and local-level leadership
Part IV. Divisions and bondings
Center and periphery: divorce of interests
The maturation of the lineage system: identity and locality
Learning and politics: orthodoxy contested
Part V. Survival in a changing world
Transformation within stability: sustaining Sajok status
The end of Sajok supremacy?
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