8. Singing to the Spirits of the Dead: A Daoist Ritual of Salvation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Tables, Maps, and Figures ix
5. Contributors xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Nature of Chinese Ritual Sound 13
8. Part I: Behind the Scenes: Creating Legitimacy
9. 2. Ritual and Musical Politics in the Court of Ming Shizong 35
10. 3. State Sacrificial Music and Korean Identity 54
11. 4. Musical Assertion of Status Among the Naxi of Lijiang County, Yunnan 76
12. Part II: Musical Transformations: Rites of Passage
13. 5. Chinese Bridal Laments: The Claims of a Dutiful Daughter 107
14. 6. Processional Music in Traditional Taiwanese Funerals 130
15. 7. The Creation of an Emperor in Eighteenth-Century China 150
16. Part III: Musical Transcendence: Rituals of Propitiation
17. 8. Singing to the Spirits of the Dead: A Daoist Ritual of Salvation 177
18. 9. Ritual Opera and the Bonds of Authority: Transformation and Transcendence 226
19. Reference Matter
20. Notes 249
21. Works Cited 263
22. Index-Glossary 287