Souls of contention and incommensurate mourning: commemorative rituals in contemporary China

This article examines commemorative rituals performed by local activists in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for a group of forgotten soldiers who died in the Second World War. In a departure from the dichotomies found in current studies of ritualised remembrance between, for example, the state...

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Main Author: Zhenru, Jacqueline Lin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2022
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 401-418
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Civil War (1945-1949) / Commemoration of the dead / Protest / Hennecke Activist movement / Ritual / Politicalization
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B ritualised remembrance
B Death ritual
B Mourning
B war commemoration
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