Historical introduction to the return of the gods / by Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman.
Making ingenious use of a wide variety of sources, and old as well as modern technical resources, Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman here set a new standard for an histoire totale for a coherently well-defined cultural region in China. At the same time it deals in-depth with the ongoing negotiation of m...
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Superior document: | Handbook of Oriental studies Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 4, China, v. 23/1 |
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Handbuch der Orientalisk. China ;
v. 23/1. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (453 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Summary: | Making ingenious use of a wide variety of sources, and old as well as modern technical resources, Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman here set a new standard for an histoire totale for a coherently well-defined cultural region in China. At the same time it deals in-depth with the ongoing negotiation of modernity in Chinese village rituals. Over the past thirty years, local popular religion has been revived and re-invented in the villages of the irrigated alluvial plain of Putian, Fujian, China. Volume 1 provides a historical introduction to the formation of 153 regional ritual alliances made up of 724 villages. Early popular cults, Ming lineages, Qing multi-village alliances, late Qing spirit-medium associations, 20th century state attacks on local religion, and the role of Overseas Chinese and local communities in rebuilding the temple networks are discussed. Volume 2 surveys the current population, lineages, temples, gods, and annual rituals of these villages. Maps of each ritual alliance, the distribution of major cults and lineages, are included. Find information about a film related to the book here. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1282949683 9786612949685 904742946X |
ISSN: | 0169-9520 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman. |