The Cult of the Fox : : Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China / / Xiaofei Kang.
For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has managed to survive an...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Map: The Chinese Empire in the Early Twentieth Century
- Introduction
- 1. Foxes in Early Chinese Tradition
- 2. Huxian and the Spread of the Fox Cult
- 3. Foxes and Domestic Worship
- 4. Foxes and Spirit Mediums
- 5. Foxes and Local Cults
- 6. Fox Spirits and Officials
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index