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%T Exploring Extended Kinship in Twenty-First-Century China: A Conceptual Case Study %A Guo, Man %A Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten %J Journal of Current Chinese Affairs %N 1 %P 50-75 %V 48 %D 2019 %K Shenzhen; lineages; surname associations; guanxi; ancestral cult; shareholding cooperatives %@ 1868-4874 %U file:///tmp/Dokumente/10.1177_1868102619845244.pdf %X Many observers of contemporary China notice the revival of the so-called traditional culture. This includes the public presence of rituals and artefacts that relate with traditional kinship, such as ancestral halls. This article explores a case in Shenzhen, the Huang lineage and the larger surname group. A methodological issue looms large: What exactly was the “tradition” that is perceived as reviving? The field of historical studies on Chinese kinship is a highly contested domain, especially regarding the nature and role of lineages. Therefore, we designed our article as a "conceptual case study": we reflect upon the state of our knowledge about Chinese kinship in the traditional sense, develop a tentative conceptual framework, and apply this on our case. Central issues include the relationship between descent as constructed and performed via kinship rituals and patterns of cooperation among members of a lineage and the wider surname group. %C DEU %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info