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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yang, Mayfair Mei-hui (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Ethnology > China > Wenzhou Shi.
Economic development > China > Wenzhou Shi.
Economic development > Religious aspects.
Développement économique > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic development
Economic development > Religious aspects
Ethnology
Religion > Economic aspects
Wenzhou Shi (China) > Religion > Economic aspects.
China > Wenzhou Shi
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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