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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chau, Adam Yuet
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Religion and culture > China > Shaanxi Sheng.
Religion et culture > Chine > Shaanxi.
RELIGION > Eastern.
Religion.
Religion and culture.
Social conditions
Shaanxi Sheng (China) > Religion.
Shaanxi Sheng (China) > Social conditions.
Shaanxi (Chine) > Religion.
Shaanxi (Chine) > Conditions sociales.
China > Shaanxi Sheng.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Shaanbei history, society, and culture
  • Shaanbei popular religious landscape
  • Beliefs and practices : Shaanbei people's religiosity and religious habitus
  • Legends and histories : Heilongdawang and the Heilongdawang temple
  • Provisioning magical efficacy and divine benevolence
  • Modes of social organization and folk event productions
  • Red-hot sociality
  • Temple boss and local elite : the story of Lao Wang
  • Longwanggou and agrarian political culture
  • The local state and the politics of legitimation.

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