UID:
almahu_9949449769102882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 176 pages :
,
illustrations.).
ISBN:
9780429486791 (electronic bk)
,
0429486790 (electronic bk)
,
9780429944048
,
0429944047
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary Asia ; [63]
Content:
"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 other--both 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"--
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415528504
Additional Edition:
ISBN 041552850X
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429486791
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