| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Shaanbei history, society, and culture -- Shaanbei popular religious landscape -- Beliefs and practices : Shaanbei people's religiosity and religious habitus -- Legends and histories : Heilongdawang and the Heilongdawang temple -- Provisioning magical efficacy and divine benevolence -- Modes of social organization and folk event productions -- Red-hot sociality -- Temple boss and local elite : the story of Lao Wang -- Longwanggou and agrarian political culture -- The local state and the politics of legitimation |
| Summary |
This book-length ethnography of the revival of a popular religious temple in contemporary rural China examines the organizational and cultural logics that inform the staging of popular religious activities. It also explores the politics of the religious revival, detailing the relationships of village-level local activists and local state agents wtih temple associations and temple bosses. Shedding light on shifting state-society relationships in the reform era, this book is of interest to scholars and students in Asian Studies, the social sciences, and religious and ritual studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion and culture -- China -- Shaanxi Sheng
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RELIGION -- Eastern.
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Religion
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Religion and culture
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Religion
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Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
China -- Shaanxi Sheng
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005009492 |
| ISBN |
1429415967 |
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9781429415965 |
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9780804751605 |
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0804751609 |
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0804767653 |
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9780804767651 |
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