{"product_id":"the-peranakan-chinese-home-art-and-culture-in-daily-life-hardcover","title":"The Peranakan Chinese Home: Art and Culture in Daily Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald G. Knapp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. Chester Ong\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the rarified Peranakan (native-born Chinese of Southeast Asia) aesthetics that are today highly sought-after for their beauty: distinctive furniture and ceramics, textiles and jewelry, and many other art objects. \u003ci\u003ePeranakan Chinese Home\u003c\/i\u003e displays these extraordinary objects, visible markers of a highly developed culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe broad range of beautiful objects which the Peranakan Chinese created and enjoyed in their daily lives is astounding. Each chapter in \u003ci\u003eThe Peranakan Chinese Home\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a different area and presents objects used or found in those spaces. Each piece is described in the context of their utility as household objects, as part of periodic celebrations to mark the Chinese New Year and other holidays, or in important life passage rituals relating to ancestor worship, birth, marriage, mourning and burial. The meaning of the rich symbolic and ornamental motifs found on the objects is discussed in detail, and key differences are highlighted between Peranakan objects and similar ones found in China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fascinating mix of Chinese, European and Southeast Asian influences, the distinctly Peranakan identity of a people and their culture is beautifully portrayed through objects and archival photographs in this lovely and exotic book.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald G. Knapp\u003c\/b\u003e has been carrying out research on cultural and historical geography in China's countryside since 1965. Currently SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, New Paltz, he is the author, contributing author, or editor of twenty books, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eChinese Houses: The Architectural Heritage of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChinese Houses of Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Chester Ong\u003c\/b\u003e, born in the Philippines and currently based in Hong Kong, has photographed widely throughout Asia. His works appear in magazines, exhibitions, and books, including \u003ci\u003eChina Modern\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChinese Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChina Living\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChinese Houses of Southeast Asia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 11.1 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757622657312,"sku":"9780804848909","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0a4d8f2a44228610a3ca2beb6eee0e88.webp?v=1780107060","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-peranakan-chinese-home-art-and-culture-in-daily-life-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}