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Yu Hua is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Language Sciences at Shanghai International Studies University, China. Her specialty is cultural anthropology, sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography, with a focus on linguistic landscape and heritage studies in contemporary China.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Ritual Lost and Found 2. Gossip, Cigarettes, Dragon-and-Phoenix 3. A New Generation of Ritualists 4. Ritual Space and the Making of Place 5. Yang Goes out to Bring in Yin: Wedding Ritual Conclusion References Index