Premodern Chinese literature as an archive of vernacular knowledge and everyday life culture

THE SOCIAL SELF: LOOKS AND CODES

CHAIR: Ruben Jesus Almendros Penaranda — DISCUSSANTS: Andrew Schonebaum (Roland Altenburger) — Chen Jiani (Wang Yiwen) / Roland Altenburger (Ning Xu) / Vincent Goossaert (Raffaela Rettinger)

› From everyday ritual to social skill: The etiquette of greeting gestures in three Ming novels - Roland Altenburger, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg [Wurtzbourg, Allemagne] 12:45-13:30 (45min)

› Clothing and Ornaments Writing in Huaben Stories and Rewriting Dramas - Yiwen Wang, Yiwen Wang 13:30-14:15 (45min)

› Tracing back Suzhou-hair: The Formation of the Female Hairdressing Business in the Vernacular Literature in Jiangnan - Ning XU, The University of Hong-Kong - Yeju CHEN, The University of Hong-Kong 14:15-15:00 (45min)

› Your Scars Tell — The Representation of Tattoos in the Shuihu zhuan - Raffaela Rettinger, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg 15:00-15:45 (45min)

Break

EVERYDAY LIFE AND CUSTOMS

CHAIR: SJ Zanolini — DISCUSSANTS: Karin Myhre (Rubén Jesús Almendros Peñaranda) / Andrew Schonebaum (Chen Jiayi) / Barbara Bisetto (Barbara Witt)

› The Romance of Gambling in the Late Imperial Vernacular Stories - 16:00-16:45 (45min)

› The Household Servants of Lin Lan Xiang 林蘭香 - 16:45-17:30 (45min)

› Bribery and Corruption in Canton: The Circulation of Foreign Objects in the Early Nineteenth Century Novel Shenlou zhi 蜃樓志 - 17:30-18:15 (45min)

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