UID:
almahu_9948330796902882
Format:
1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:
9780190069414 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This book explores grassroots religious life under and after Mao in Rui'an County, Wenzhou, in southeastern China, a region widely known for its religious vitality. Drawing on hitherto unexplored local state archives, records of religious institutions, memoirs, and interviews, it tells the story of local communities' encounters with the Communist revolution, and their consequences, especially the competitions and struggles for religious property and ritual space. It demonstrates that, rather than being totally disrupted, religious life under Mao was characterized by remarkable variance and unevenness and was contingent on the interactions of local dynamics with Maoist campaigns-including the land reform, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190069384
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
