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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 :
Berghahn,
2019.
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| Colección: | Asian anthropologies ;
v. 9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The social and political status of divination in China
- The practice of divination and diviners
- Typical customers of divination
- The moral discourses of divination
- Divination as an aspect of 'traditional culture'
- Divination as counselling
- The professionalization of divination through associations.