| Description |
1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Telling stories about place; Datong district; Yongxing village; Writing place and the place of writing; 'Siting' and 'sighting' texts; Telling stories about Tudi Gong; The 'territories' of Tudi Gong; Fragments from 'popular tradition': telling stories and other representations of Tudi Gong; Conclusion; Retelling stories about place and Tudi Gong: retrospectives and prospectives; Notes; Selected glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Based on field-work in Taiwan, this book examines the cult of Tudi Gong both as a religio-social phenomenon and as an appropriate medium for exploring and analysing the social changes that have been occurring in contemporary Taiwan |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gods, Chinese -- Taiwan
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Gods, Chinese
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| SUBJECT |
Taiwan -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
Taiwan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203221112 |
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0203221117 |
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