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Steps of perfection : exorcistic performers and Chinese religion in twentieth-century Taiwan /
"One part of Taiwan's flourishing religious culture is the elaborate, colorful, and noisy procession of local gods accompanied by troupes of musicians and dancers. Among them are groups of performers with wild, outlandish painted faces portraying underworld generals who serve the gods and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center,
2003.
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| Colección: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
218. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Spaces: sacred, ritualized, and everyday landscapes
- 2. Places: nine troupes in their local settings
- 3. Meanings: iconography and mythology
- 4. Rituals: the making of divine warriors
- 5. Choreography: cosmic variations
- 6. History I: from the five emperors of Fuzhou to the five school under Japanese rule (1646-1947)
- 7. History II: a new market for dancers and self-mortifiers under the Guomindang (1947-87)
- 8. Conclusions: festival performers and their changing audience.