| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Map: The Chinese Empire in the Early Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- 1. Foxes in Early Chinese Tradition -- 2. Huxian and the Spread of the Fox Cult -- 3. Foxes and Domestic Worship -- 4. Foxes and Spirit Mediums -- 5. Foxes and Local Cults -- 6. Fox Spirits and Officials -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has managed to survive and flourish in individual homes and community shrines throughout northern China. In this new work, the first to examine the fox cult as a vibrant popular religion, Xiaofei Kang explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. Kang describes various cult practices, activities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cults -- China.
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Foxes -- China -- Religious aspects
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RELIGION -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Cults
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Foxes -- Religious aspects
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Fuchs
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Kult
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Volksglaube
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Vossen.
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Cultus.
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China
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005041377 |
| ISBN |
9780231508223 |
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0231508220 |
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