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Fate Calculation Experts : Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China /
Having long been stigmatized as an immoral and even illegal "superstition", the popular practice of divination is experiencing a revival in contemporary China. Fate Calculation Experts explores how diviners attempt to achieve legitimation in a society which identifies strongly with moderni...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Asian Anthropologies ;
9 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Social and Political Status of Divination in China
- Chapter 2. The Practice of Divination and Diviners
- Chapter 3. Typical Customers of Divination
- Chapter 4. The Moral Discourses of Divination
- Chapter 5. Divination as an Aspect of 'Traditional Culture'
- Chapter 6. Divination as Counselling
- Chapter 7. The Professionalization of Divination through Associations
- Conclusion
- References
- Index