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Materializing magic power : Chinese popular religion in villages and cities / Wei-Ping Lin.
LIBRA BL1975 .L578 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lin, Wei-Ping, author.
- Series:
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 97.
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 97
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and culture--Taiwan.
- Religion and culture.
- Gods, Chinese--Taiwan.
- Gods, Chinese.
- Idols and images--Taiwan.
- Idols and images.
- Idols and images--Taiwan--Worship.
- Tang-ki worship--Taiwan.
- Tang-ki worship.
- Worship.
- Taiwan--Religious life and customs.
- Taiwan.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Part I Popular Religion in Villages
- 1 God Statues 27
- 2 Spirit Mediums 53
- 3 Dialogues with the Past and the Present 73
- Part II Popular Religion in Cities
- 4 Thicker than Blood 103
- 5 Magic Power Reconfigured 141.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674504364
- 9780674504363
- OCLC:
- 893709447
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