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Offers a thorough and original account of violent ritual and ritual violence in Chinese religion and society. Close-up, sensitive portrayals and the voices of ritual actors themselvesâmostly working-class men, many of them members of sworn brotherhoods and gangsâlink martial ritual practice to the lives and desires of men on the margins of Chinese society.

Gods Ghosts and Gangsters Ritual Violence Martial Arts and Masculinity on the Margins of Chinese Society

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 11/30/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824833770, 978-0824833770
      ISBN10: 0824833775

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      Book Synopsis
      Offers a thorough and original account of violent ritual and ritual violence in Chinese religion and society. Close-up, sensitive portrayals and the voices of ritual actors themselvesâmostly working-class men, many of them members of sworn brotherhoods and gangsâlink martial ritual practice to the lives and desires of men on the margins of Chinese society.

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