The Cult of the Fox - Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China di Xiaofei Kang edito da Columbia University Press
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The Cult of the Fox - Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

Power, Gender, And Popular Religion In Late Imperial And Modern China

EAN:

9780231133388

ISBN:

0231133383

Pagine:
304
Formato:
Hardback
Lingua:
Inglese
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Descrizione The Cult of the Fox - Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

This wide-ranging work explores the shamanistic fox cult that has attracted large portions of the Chinese population since the late sixteenth century. As a symbol, the fox inhabits the space between such opposites as male and female, young and old, divine and demonic. It blurs rigid boundaries and forces a reconsideration of conventional social structures. Although fox cults were derided as illicit from their very inception, they continue to thrive. Departing from officially sanctioned histories and examining various anecdotal literatures through the lenses of historiography, ethnography, and literary studies, Kang explores the significance of this fascinating religious phenomenon as well as its intrinsic ties with Confucian ideals, Buddhism, Daoism, and popular gods in Chinese history.

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