Religious and ethnic revival in a Chinese minority : the Bai people of southwest China /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2018.
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary Asia series ;
63. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780415528504 041552850X |