| 說明 |
x, 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| 系列 |
Routledge contemporary Asia |
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Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 63
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| 附註 |
"This book is based on anthropological fieldwork among the Bai, an ethnic minority with a population of two million in Dali, southwest China. It explores the religious and ethnic revival in the last two decades against a historical background. It explains why and how religions and ethnic identity are revived in contemporary China, with the revived analytical concept of 'alterity', which suggests a world beyond here and now. The book focuses on the particular institutions and ritual technologies that seek for access to the invisible, transcendental other--both spatial and temporal. It covers a variety of topics, including pre-modern kingship, communist utopia, religious alterity, ethnic identity, religious associations, the intangible cultural heritage, and temple restorations"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index |
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Situating the field -- Removing religions in the 1950s and the early 1960s -- Introducing ethnicity: the promise of the utopian alterity -- Ethnicity perpetuated: Nanzhao history between China and Thailand -- Religious revival in Dali and Xizhou -- Culturalization of religion and ethnicity -- Temple lost, temple regained: the sacred public space |
| 主題 |
Bai (Chinese people) -- Religion
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Bai (Chinese people) -- Ethnic identity
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Ethnology -- China
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