Faiths on display : religion, tourism, and the Chinese state / edited by Tim Oakes and Donald S. Sutton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oakes, Tim.

Sutton, Donald S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and state--China.

Religion and state.

Tourism--China.

Tourism.

Tourism--Religious aspects.

China--Religion--20th century.

China.

China--Religion--21st century.

China--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By providing a unique perspective on China's changing relationship with religion, this groundbreaking book explores the role the Chinese state continues to play in religious revival today. Throughout China, spaces for religious expression and practice have been rebuilt, revived, and contrived for display by local officials hoping to cash in on tourist revenue. Faiths on Display argues, however, that the results of the state's instrumental approach toward religion are far from predictable. The volume explores the ways revived re

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Introduction; 1 Spirit Money; 2 Alchemy of the Ancestors; 3 Pilgrim or Tourist?; 4 Making Tourists and Remaking Locals; 5 Minzu, Market, and the Mandala; 6 Economic Development and the Buddhist-Industrial Complex of Xishuangbanna; 7 Naxi Religion in the Age of Tourism; 8 Tourist Itineraries, Spatial Management, and Hidden Temples; 9 The Return Visits of Overseas Chinese to Ancestral Villages in Putian, Fujian; Afterword; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-29757-4

1-282-92251-3

9786612922510

1-4422-0508-3

OCLC:

694787210