Gods, Ghosts, and Gangsters : : Ritual Violence, Martial Arts, and Masculinity on the Margins of Chinese Society / / Avron Boretz.
Demon warrior puppets, sword-wielding Taoist priests, spirit mediums lacerating their bodies with spikes and blades-these are among the most dramatic images in Chinese religion. Usually linked to the propitiation of plague gods and the worship of popular military deities, such ritual practices have...
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Boretz, Avron, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Gods, Ghosts, and Gangsters : Ritual Violence, Martial Arts, and Masculinity on the Margins of Chinese Society / Avron Boretz. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2010] ©2011 1 online resource (288 p.) : 15 b&w illustrations, 2 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Use of Foreign Terms -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Violence, Honor, and Manhood -- Chapter 3. Taidong: The Mountains and Beyond -- Chapter 4. Fire and Fury -- Chapter 5. Tales from the Jianghu -- Chapter 6. Wine, Women, and Song -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Faces of the Gods -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Demon warrior puppets, sword-wielding Taoist priests, spirit mediums lacerating their bodies with spikes and blades-these are among the most dramatic images in Chinese religion. Usually linked to the propitiation of plague gods and the worship of popular military deities, such ritual practices have an obvious but previously unexamined kinship with the traditional Chinese martial arts.The long and durable history of martial arts iconography and ritual in Chinese religion suggests something far deeper than mere historical coincidence. Avron Boretz argues that martial arts gestures and movements are so deeply embedded in the ritual repertoire in part because they iconify masculine qualities of violence, aggressivity, and physical prowess, the implicit core of Chinese patriliny and patriarchy. At the same time, for actors and audience alike, martial arts gestures evoke the mythos of the jianghu, a shadowy, often violent realm of vagabonds, outlaws, and masters of martial and magic arts. Through the direct bodily practice of martial arts movement and creative rendering of jianghu narratives, martial ritual practitioners are able to identify and represent themselves, however briefly and incompletely, as men of prowess, a reward otherwise denied those confined to the lower limits of this deeply patriarchal society.Based on fieldwork in China and Taiwan spanning nearly two decades, Gods, Ghosts, and Gangsters offers a thorough and original account of violent ritual and ritual violence in Chinese religion and society. Close-up, sensitive portrayals and the voices of ritual actors themselves-mostly working-class men, many of them members of sworn brotherhoods and gangs-convincingly link martial ritual practice to the lives and desires of men on the margins of Chinese society. This work is a significant contribution to the study of Chinese ritual and religion, the history and sociology of Chinese underworld, the history and anthropology of the martial arts, and the anthropology of masculinity. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Martial arts China Religious aspects. Martial arts Taiwan Religious aspects. Masculinity China. Masculinity Taiwan. Violence China Religious aspects. Violence Taiwan Religious aspects. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013 9783110564143 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110663259 print 9780824833770 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824860714 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824860714 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824860714/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Use of Foreign Terms -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Violence, Honor, and Manhood -- Chapter 3. Taidong: The Mountains and Beyond -- Chapter 4. Fire and Fury -- Chapter 5. Tales from the Jianghu -- Chapter 6. Wine, Women, and Song -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Faces of the Gods -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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