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Miraculous response : doing popular religion in contemporary China /

This book-length ethnography of the revival of a popular religious temple in contemporary rural China examines the organizational and cultural logics that inform the staging of popular religious activities. It also explores the politics of the religious revival, detailing the relationships of villag...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Chau, Adam Yuet
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.
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Résumé:This book-length ethnography of the revival of a popular religious temple in contemporary rural China examines the organizational and cultural logics that inform the staging of popular religious activities. It also explores the politics of the religious revival, detailing the relationships of village-level local activists and local state agents wtih temple associations and temple bosses. Shedding light on shifting state-society relationships in the reform era, this book is of interest to scholars and students in Asian Studies, the social sciences, and religious and ritual studies.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index.
ISBN:1429415967
9781429415965
9780804751605
0804751609
0804767653
9780804767651