{"product_id":"rites-of-belonging-9780804744867","title":"Rites of Belonging","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"DeBernardi's study provides a compelling portrait of religious life in Malaysia's most culturally distinctive Chinese community. The result is an important book, one that deserves to be read by everyone interested in South-East Asian Chinese and the changing nature of Chinese religion generally.\" -- \u003ci\u003eInternational History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" . . . DeBernardi's overall analysis of religion as an historically situated social process is commendable. Ethnographically the book adds to the study of the Hungry Ghost Festival and the Nine Emperor Gods.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-researched and well-written book provides competent insights into the maintenance and revival of Chinese religion in the Southeast Asian city of Penang or Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJournal of Chinese Religions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rarely can one say of a scholarly work, 'this book is hard to put down.' . . . This fascinating, superbly researched interdisciplinary study will reward all readers.\" -- \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] engaging and insightful book on Penang Chinese popular religion.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSojourn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Maps and Figures\tvii  Preface\tix  Acknowledgments\txi  A Note on Romanization\txiii  Introduction\t1  Part I.\tReligion and Society in Colonial Penang\t  1. The Localization of Chinese Society in Colonial Penang\t\t00  2. \"A Very Irreligious but Most Superstitious People\": Trust, Tolerance, and Control in the Straits   Settlements, 1786-1857\t\t00  3. Belonging and Boundaries: European Freemasons and Chinese Sworn Brotherhoods\t00  4. Rites of Belonging: Initiation into the Chinese Sworn Brotherhoods\t000  Part II.\tReligion and the Politics of Ethnic Revival in Contemporary Penang  5. Rights of Belonging: Citizenship and Ethnic Nationalism\t000  6. Time, Space, and Social Memory\t\t000  7. The Politics of a Religious Revitalization: The Hungry Ghosts Festival\t\t000  8. Performing Magical Power: The Nine Emperor Gods Festival\t\t000  \tConclusion\t000  Reference Matter  Appendix Table: Chinese Festivals Celebrated in Penang, Malaysia\t000  Glossary of Chinese Terms\t\t000  Bibliography\t\t000  Index\t\t000        Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Chinese Malaysia Pinang Ethnic identity, Chinese Malaysia Pinang Rites and ceremonies, Chinese Malaysia Pinang Societies, etc, Pinang History, Pinang Religious life and customs, Pinang Social life and customs","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405551411543,"sku":"9780804744867","price":59.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804744867.jpg?v=1730492802","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rites-of-belonging-9780804744867","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}