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Author:

Laing, Ellen Johnston

Title:

Up in flames : the ephemeral art of pasted-paper sculpture in Taiwan / Ellen Johnston Laing and Helen Hui-Ling Liu.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xx, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Paper sculpture, Chinese--Taiwan--20th century.
Taiwan--Funeral customs and rites.

Other Authors:

Liu, Helen Hui-Ling

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.

Contents:

Chinese funerary beliefs -- History -- Ceremonies and paper sculptures in late twentieth-century Taiwan -- Craftsmen and suppliers -- Materials, tools, parts, and techniques -- Craft of paper sculpture as art.

ISBN:

9780804734554
0804734550 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52860055

LCCN:

2003017836

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)