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Book SynopsisThis ethnographic study of a Chinese Catholic village reveals how the rapid penetration of transnational processes into the People's Republic of China during the post-Mao period has redefined and created new social and cultural structures in rural communities. In examining the resurfacing of a Catholic community, the book shows what it means to be part of a global and modern rural village.
Trade Review"This is a fascinating ethnography of a Catholic Hakka village in northern Guangdong Province that the author calls 'Little Rome'".—
The China Journal"One of the problems with many anthropological studies of religion in complex societies is that the ethnography is rarely sensitive enough to the larger field in which it is set. This outstanding study of the Catholic Church in a Chinese village is an exception . . . .This volume would be an excellend choice for academic library collections on religion, anthropology, and East Asia, and is very accessible to the general educated reader. Highly recommended." --
CHOICE"This is a rich and rewarding study that is modest in length, broad in theoretical implications, interesting in detail, and enlivened by good maps, tables, and tweny-four photographs, historical and contemporary." --
The Journal of Asian Studies"In sum, this book makes for highly rewarding reading for those interested in globalization and localization, transnationalism and subjectivity, religion and ethnicity, and, of course, Catholicism and Hakka identity in China. It contains helpful tables, maps, and photographs and a good index. Its clear writing style would even make it accessible to advanced undergraduate students." --
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