Shamanism and Spirit Possession in Chinese Modernity: Some Preliminary Reflections on a Gendered Religiosity of the Body
Recent fieldwork in rural and small-town Wenzhou reveals that shamans, ritual healers, and spirit mediums have reemerged in the post-Mao era, slowing a long decline that may have started with the ascendancy of Neo-Confucianism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and that was exacerbated by Maoist-era su...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-86 |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirit Possession
B 巫術 B Shamanism B Modernity B 靈媒 B 现代性 B 身體 B the body B Gender B 性别 |
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