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Fate calculation experts : diviners seeking legitimation in contemporary China / Geng Li.
Van Pelt Library BF1773.2.C5 L497 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Geng, 1985- author.
- Series:
- Asian anthropologies ; v. 9.
- Asian anthropologies ; volume 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Divination--China.
- Divination.
- China.
- Religion and state--China.
- Religion and state.
- China--Civilization--2002-.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
- Contents:
- The social and political status of divination in China
- The practice of divination and diviners
- Typical customers of divination
- The moral discourses of divination
- Divination as an aspect of 'traditional culture'
- Divination as counselling
- The professionalization of divination through associations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Li, Geng, 1985- author. Fate calculation experts
- ISBN:
- 9781785339943
- 178533994X
- OCLC:
- 1044813927
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