Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era: The Dao

Description: Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era by Paul R. Katz This book explores how beliefs and practices have shaped the interactions between different ethnic groups in Western Hunan, as well as considering how religious life has adapted to the challenges of modern Chinese history. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book explores how beliefs and practices have shaped the interactions between different ethnic groups in Western Hunan, as well as considering how religious life has adapted to the challenges of modern Chinese history.Combining historical and ethnographic methodologies, chapters in this book are structured around changes that occurred during the interaction between Miao ritual traditions and religions such as Daoism, with particular focus on the commonalities and differences seen between Western Hunan and other areas of Southwest China. In addition, investigation is made into how gender and ethnicity have shaped such processes, and what these phenomena can teach about larger questions of modern Chinese history. As such, this study transcends existing scholarship on Western Hunan – which has stressed the impact of state policies and elite agendas – by focusing instead on the roles played by ritual specialists. Such findings call into question conventional wisdom about the standardization of Chinese culture, as well as the integration of local society into the state by means of written texts. Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era will prove valuable to students and scholars of history, ethnography, anthropology, ethnic studies, and Asian studies more broadly. Author Biography Paul R. Katz is Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, and Program Director of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. His research centers on modern Chinese religious life, with his most recent monograph (Religion in China and its Modern Fate) published in early 2014. Table of Contents 1. Western Hunan: An Overview 2. Temple Cults 3. Ritual Specialists 4. Ritual Violence and the Judicial Continuum: 5. Female Mediums and Rites of Resistance 6. The Incense Dancing Festival 7. Repaying a Nuo Vow Review This book stands out for Katzs utter mastery of secondary literature on religion in Hunan and the Southwest, his use of Western Hunan as a case study to challenge existing models of Chinese religion, and his keen attention to processes of religious transformation through the theoretical innovations of reverberation and trans-hybridity.Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee, USA Details ISBN0367184680 Author Paul R. Katz Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2021 ISBN-10 0367184680 ISBN-13 9780367184681 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2021-08-20 UK Release Date 2021-08-20 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-08-20 NZ Release Date 2021-08-20 Pages 240 Subtitle The Dao among the Miao? Illustrations 5 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white Series Academia Sinica on East Asia Alternative 9781032066448 DEWEY 299.5140951215 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139716709;

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