Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g
The Bai People of Southwest China
Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g
Reihe: Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series
ISBN: 978-0-367-59046-8
Verlag: Routledge
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, modern utopia, religious alterity, ethnic identity, religious associations, the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and temple restorations.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction, Chapter 1 Situating the Field, Chapter 2 Removing Religions in the 1950s and the early 1960s, Chapter 3 Introducing Ethnicity: The Promise of the Utopian Alterity, Chapter 4 Ethnicity Perpetuated: Nanzhao History between China and Thailand, Chapter 5 Religious Revival in Dali and Xizhou, Chapter 6 Culturalization of religion and ethnicity, Chapter 7 Temple lost, Temple Regained: The Sacred Public Space, Conclusion
