Steps of perfection : : exorcistic performers and Chinese religion in twentieth-century Taiwan / / Donald S. Sutton.
"One part of Taiwan's flourishing religious culture is the elaborate, colorful, and noisy procession of local gods accompanied by troupes of musicians and dancers. Among them are groups of performers with wild, outlandish painted faces portraying underworld generals who serve the gods and...
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 218 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2003. Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003. |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ;
218. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Donalds Sutton
- The Festivals of Southern Taiwan / Donalds Sutton
- Spaces: Sacred, Ritualized, and Everyday Landscapes / Donalds Sutton
- Places: Nine Troupes in Their Local Settings / Donalds Sutton
- Meanings: Iconography and Mythology / Donalds Sutton
- Rituals: The Making of Divine Warriors / Donalds Sutton
- Choreography: Cosmic Variations / Donalds Sutton
- History I: From the Five Emperors of Fuzhou to the Five Schools under Japanese Rule (1646-1947) / Donalds Sutton
- History II. A New Market for Dancers and Self-Mortifiers under the Guomindang (1947-87) / Donalds Sutton
- Festival Performers and Their Changing Audience / Donalds Sutton
- The 1781 Stele of the Fuzhou Bailongan (White Dragon Shrine): 1983 Jiayi Copy / Donalds Sutton
- On the Extinct Dance of the Five Phases: A Plausible Reconstruction of Third-Century B+C+E+ Yinyang Ritual / Donalds Sutton
- The Guomindang Cosmography of Street Names / Donalds Sutton
- Notes / Donalds Sutton
- Bibliography / Donalds Sutton
- Character List / Donalds Sutton
- Index / Donalds Sutton
- Harvard East Asian Monographs / Donalds Sutton.