The custom of amusing the parents-in-law is one of the most important amusement contents of the civil marriage ceremony in the Chinese North Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Salar, Baoan and other several nationalities, and curre...The custom of amusing the parents-in-law is one of the most important amusement contents of the civil marriage ceremony in the Chinese North Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Salar, Baoan and other several nationalities, and currently it has fully been entertained in the minds of the people. Behind this ＂entertaining ceremony＂ of the festive colors hide the serious social expectations of our ancestors -- scrupulously abide by the filial piety and the sense of propriety, justice, honesty and honor. Through the dramatic performance methods in the wedding that ＂there is no degree of seniority for three days＂, ＂humiliate the parents-in-law＂ and ＂the father-in-law shoulders on back the danghter-in-law＂ and so on, they stress that these acts are the ＂sacrilege＂ that cannot be violated in the normal state of the society. The ways and means of ＂metaphor＂ in the ceremony of the ancestors are the means that many of the human groups adopt in the life etiquette and other ＂transition＂ etiquettes. In this regard, the anthropologist Victor Turner summarizes it as ＂liminality＂, and based on this theory, the author conducts an interpretive study of the metaphor behind the custom of amusing the parents-in-law.展开更多
As a prominent American"novelist of manners"at the turn of the 20th century, Edith Wharton has attracted great attention of critics with her extraordinary writing talent. The Custom of the Country is one of ...As a prominent American"novelist of manners"at the turn of the 20th century, Edith Wharton has attracted great attention of critics with her extraordinary writing talent. The Custom of the Country is one of her work depicting the life of the Nouveau Riche and the upper-class society. This paper, a literature review on Edith Wharton and The Custom of the Country both at home and abroad, aims to offer a systematic classification of the existing researches, figure out the recent research focuses and thus facilitate the future studies.展开更多
文摘The custom of amusing the parents-in-law is one of the most important amusement contents of the civil marriage ceremony in the Chinese North Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Salar, Baoan and other several nationalities, and currently it has fully been entertained in the minds of the people. Behind this ＂entertaining ceremony＂ of the festive colors hide the serious social expectations of our ancestors -- scrupulously abide by the filial piety and the sense of propriety, justice, honesty and honor. Through the dramatic performance methods in the wedding that ＂there is no degree of seniority for three days＂, ＂humiliate the parents-in-law＂ and ＂the father-in-law shoulders on back the danghter-in-law＂ and so on, they stress that these acts are the ＂sacrilege＂ that cannot be violated in the normal state of the society. The ways and means of ＂metaphor＂ in the ceremony of the ancestors are the means that many of the human groups adopt in the life etiquette and other ＂transition＂ etiquettes. In this regard, the anthropologist Victor Turner summarizes it as ＂liminality＂, and based on this theory, the author conducts an interpretive study of the metaphor behind the custom of amusing the parents-in-law.
文摘As a prominent American"novelist of manners"at the turn of the 20th century, Edith Wharton has attracted great attention of critics with her extraordinary writing talent. The Custom of the Country is one of her work depicting the life of the Nouveau Riche and the upper-class society. This paper, a literature review on Edith Wharton and The Custom of the Country both at home and abroad, aims to offer a systematic classification of the existing researches, figure out the recent research focuses and thus facilitate the future studies.
