Of gods, gifts and ghosts : spiritual places in urban spaces / Terence Heng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heng, Terence, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Religious life--Singapore.

Chinese.

Chinese--Singapore--Religion.

Rites and ceremonies--China.

Rites and ceremonies.

Religion.

Chinese--Religious life.

China.

Rites and ceremonies--Singapore.

Singapore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Terence Heng is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Visual Methods in the Field: Photography for the Social Sciences (Routledge, 2016), and his work has been featured in Area, The Sociological Review, Cultural Geographies and Visual Communication. He is the 2015 winner of The Sociological Review's Prize for Outstanding Scholarship.

Contents:

<P>1. Introduction</P><P>2. Visualising the (Spiritual) City</P><P>3. The Social Dead, The Agentic Spirit</P><P>4. The Hungry Ghost Festival and Aesthetic Juxtaposition</P><P>5. <I>Tang-ki</I> as Embodied Spiritual Capital and Arbiters of Sacred Space</P><P>6. Intimate Sacred Spaces

The Body and Home</P><P>7. The Ebb and Flow of Sacred Spaces</P><P>8. Movement and Motion in Sacred Flowscapes</P><P>9. Conclusion</P><P>Epilogue</P>

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed January 11, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780429792779

0429792778

0429792786

9780429792786

9780429437045

0429437048

9780429792762

042979276X

Publisher Number:

99986485669

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