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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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Language:
English
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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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