{"product_id":"materializing-magic-power-9780674504363","title":"Materializing Magic Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough an exploration of contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, Wei-Ping Lin paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. Analyzing these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework, she traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ethnographic work that weaves together description and theoretical discussion, \u003ci\u003eMaterializing Magic Power \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates the insights we achieve when we approach religious practices from the vantage of materiality. The book will give scholars who have been working on Chinese religious practices a new and promising framework in which to revisit ethnographic and archival sources. For the novice, it gives a thorough multi-sited introduction to popular religious life in all its contemporary complexities. \u003ci\u003eMaterializing Magic Power \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to those curious about religious practices, but will also engage anyone who wonders about material culture’s role in how we build lasting social relationships. -- D. J. Hatfield, Berklee College of Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaterializing Magic Power\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the anthropology of religion and to the study of religion in China. We have quite a few studies of rural religion in Taiwan (although this is particularly well done in \u003cb\u003eLin\u003c\/b\u003e’s case), but almost nothing for any Chinese society that brings this level of ethnographic context to migrant religion. It is by far the best study of this kind that I have seen for any Chinese community, even though we have known how important migration has been. -- Robert P. Weller, Boston University","brand":"Harvard University, Asia Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403595096407,"sku":"9780674504363","price":30.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674504363.jpg?v=1730483929","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/materializing-magic-power-9780674504363","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}