| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 237 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Understanding China.
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Understanding China.
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| Note |
"Based on a series of four lectures given at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong in fall, 2007"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index. |
| Contents |
A brief history of the pantheon: ancestors and gods in state and local religion and politics -- Daoist ritual in social and historical perspective -- Festivals in Southeastern China -- On the rational character of local religion -- Concluding reflections. |
| Summary |
"Over the last 40 years, our vision of Chinese culture and history has been transformed by the discovery of the role of religion in Chinese state-making and in local society. The Daoist religion, in particular, long despised as 'superstitious,' has recovered its place as 'the native higher religion.' But while the Chinese state tried from the fifth century on to construct an orthodoxy based on Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, local society everywhere carved out for itself its own geomantically defined space and organized itself around local festivals in honor of gods of its own choosing-gods who were often invented and then represented by illiterate mediums. Looking at China from the point of view of elite or popular culture therefore produces very different results. John Lagerwey has done extensive fieldwork on local society and its festivals. This book represents a first attempt to use this new research to integrate top-down and bottom-up views of Chinese society, culture, and history. It should be of interest to a wide range of China specialists, students of religion and popular culture, as well as participants in the ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue between historians and anthropologists"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and state -- China -- Congresses.
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Religion and state. |
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China. |
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Folk religion -- China -- Congresses.
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Folk religion. |
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China -- Religion -- Congresses.
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Religion. |
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China -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lagerwey, John. China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010 9789888028030 (DLC) 2010381364 (OCoLC)489006782 |
| ISBN |
9789882205512 electronic book |
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9882205518 electronic book |
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9789888028030 hardback |
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9888028030 hardback |
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9789888028047 paperback |
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9888028049 paperback |
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