Re-enchanting Modernity : Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China /

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"RE-ENCHANTING MODERNITY is based on over twenty-five years of ethnography in the Chinese coastal city of Wenzhou and the surrounding towns. Combining methods from anthropology, religious studies, and history, author Mayfair Yang traces the reemergence of religious life and ritual following lon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yang, Mayfair Mei-hui (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Religion > Economic aspects.
Ethnology.
Economic development > Religious aspects.
Economic development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Developpement economique > Aspect religieux.
Economic development > China > Wenzhou Shi.
Ethnology > China > Wenzhou Shi.
China > Wenzhou Shi.
Wenzhou Shi (China) > Religion > Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From "superstition" to "people's customs" : an ethnographic discovery of key questions in Wenzhou
  • The Wenzhou model of rural development in China
  • Popular religiosity : deities, spirit mediums, ancestors, ghosts, and Fengshui
  • Daoism : ancient gods, boisterous rituals, and hearthside priests
  • Buddhist religiosity : the wheel of life, death, and rebirth
  • Sprouts of religious civil society : temples, localities, and communities
  • The rebirth of the lineage : creative unfolding and multiplicity of forms
  • Of mothers, goddesses, and bodhisattvas : patriarchal structures and women's religious agency
  • Broadening and pluralizing the modern category of "civil society" : a friendly quarrel with Durkheim
  • What's missing in the Wenzhou model? The "ritual economy" and "wasting of wealth."

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