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The cult of the fox : power, gender, and popular religion in late imperial and modern China / Xiaofei Kang.
LIBRA BL2211.I5 K36 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kang, Xiaofei, Ph.D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foxes--China--Religious aspects.
- Foxes.
- Cults--China.
- Cults.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- This wide-ranging work explores the shamanistic fox cult that has attracted large portions of the Chinese population since the late sixteenth century. As a symbol, the fox inhabits the space between such opposites as male and female, young and old, divine and demonic. It blurs rigid boundaries and forces a reconsideration of conventional social structures.
- Although fox cults were derided as illicit from their very inception, they continue to thrive. Departing from officially sanctioned histories and examining various anecdotal literatures through the lenses of historiography, ethnography, and literary studies, Kang explores the significance of this fascinating religious phenomenon as well as its intrinsic ties with Confucian ideals, Buddhism, Daoism, and popular gods in Chinese history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231133383
- 0231508220
- OCLC:
- 57731049
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