| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Routledge contemporary Asia ; [63] |
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Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 63
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| Contents |
Situating the field -- Removing religions in the 1950s and the early 1960s -- Introducing ethnicity: the promise of the utopian alterity -- Ethnicity perpetuated: Nanzhao history between China and Thailand -- Religious revival in Dali and Xizhou -- Culturalization of religion and ethnicity -- Temple lost, temple regained: the sacred public space |
| Summary |
"This book is based on anthropological fieldwork among the Bai, an ethnic minority with a population of two million in Dali, southwest China. It explores the religious and ethnic revival in the last two decades against a historical background. It explains why and how religions and ethnic identity are revived in contemporary China, with the revived analytical concept of "alterity", which suggests a world beyond here and now. The book focuses on the particular institutions and ritual technologies that seek for access to the invisible, transcendental otherboth spatial and temporal. It covers a variety of topics, including pre-modern kingship, communist utopia, religious alterity, ethnic identity, religious associations, the intangible cultural heritage, and temple restorations."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Study skills.
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China -- Religion.
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China -- Study and teaching.
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Japan -- Religion.
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China.
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Japan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0429486790 |
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9780429944048 |
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9780429486791 |
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