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Song Family Village. Gender, Hierarchy and Religious Power in a North China Village / 2, The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village :

Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a 'court', which expresses a hierarchy of power and prestige analogous to the traditional Chinese imperium focused on the emperor an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Song, Zhifang, 1967- (Director), Seaman, Gary, 1942- (Producer, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English narration. Includes Chinese interviews with English subtitles.
Published: London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2009.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Women shamans > China > Hebei Sheng.
Hebei Sheng (China) > Religious life and customs.
Femmes chamans > Chine > Hebei.
Hebei (Chine) > Vie religieuse.
Women shamans.
China > Hebei Sheng.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a 'court', which expresses a hierarchy of power and prestige analogous to the traditional Chinese imperium focused on the emperor and his ministers.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 min.)
Playing Time:00:31:12