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Superstitious Regimes : Religion and the Politics of Chinese Modernity /

This title explores the recategorisation of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities in China. It also looks at how politicians conceived their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nedostup, Rebecca, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This title explores the recategorisation of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities in China. It also looks at how politicians conceived their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from popular sovereignty.
Physical Description:1 online resource (490 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781684174959