A Funeral as a Festival: Celebrations of Life in the Mosuo Tribe in China

Huichao Feng; Jieling Xiao

doi:10.1080/20507828.2018.1530036

A Funeral as a Festival: Celebrations of Life in the Mosuo Tribe in China

Huichao Feng^*, Jieling Xiao

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Birmingham City University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	473-484
Number of pages	12
Journal	Architecture and Culture
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2018.1530036
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 2 Sept 2018

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Huichao Feng is a Ph.D. candidate in Art and Design at Birmingham City University. Her research focuses on the dwellings of the Mosuo in Southwest China, looking at the relationship between inhabited space and architectural form, and its evolution in the face of cultural and social change. She completed her M.A. in Interior Design at Birmingham City University and her B.A. in Environment Art Design at Beijing Forestry University. Her doctoral research is fully funded by the China Scholarship Council.

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funeral
grandmother’s house
life cycle
matriarchal
religious celebration

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