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This volume explores the links between individuals, families, communities and the state in China through ritual and myth.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Permissions, Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION, Chapter 2: WHY 'CULTURE'? WHY 'PRODUCTION'?, Chapter 3: HISTORY AND THE RHETORIC OF LEGITIMACY: THE MAZU CULT OF TAIWAN, Chapter 4: DIALECTICS OF ALIENATION: INDIVIDUALS AND COLLECTIVITIES IN CHINESE RELIGION, Chapter 5: POWER AND TRANSCENDENCE IN THE MAZU PILGRIMAGES OF TAIWAN, Chapter 6: 'POWER' AGAINST IDEOLOGY: A CRITIQUE OF FOUCAULTIAN USAGE, Chapter 7: WOMEN'S PRODUCTION: GENDER AND EXPLOITATION IN PATRILINEAL MODE, hapter 8: FATHERS AND SONS IN A PATRILINEAL MODE OF PRODUCTION OF DESIRE: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE STORY OF NEZHA FROM FENGSHEN YANYI, Chapter 9: AFTERWORD: 'EXCESS', CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF ANALYSIS, Bibliography, Index

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/01/2000
      ISBN13: 9780485195729, 978-0485195729
      ISBN10: 0485195720
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      Anthropology Cultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume explores the links between individuals, families, communities and the state in China through ritual and myth.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Permissions, Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION, Chapter 2: WHY 'CULTURE'? WHY 'PRODUCTION'?, Chapter 3: HISTORY AND THE RHETORIC OF LEGITIMACY: THE MAZU CULT OF TAIWAN, Chapter 4: DIALECTICS OF ALIENATION: INDIVIDUALS AND COLLECTIVITIES IN CHINESE RELIGION, Chapter 5: POWER AND TRANSCENDENCE IN THE MAZU PILGRIMAGES OF TAIWAN, Chapter 6: 'POWER' AGAINST IDEOLOGY: A CRITIQUE OF FOUCAULTIAN USAGE, Chapter 7: WOMEN'S PRODUCTION: GENDER AND EXPLOITATION IN PATRILINEAL MODE, hapter 8: FATHERS AND SONS IN A PATRILINEAL MODE OF PRODUCTION OF DESIRE: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE STORY OF NEZHA FROM FENGSHEN YANYI, Chapter 9: AFTERWORD: 'EXCESS', CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF ANALYSIS, Bibliography, Index

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