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Religious and Ethnic Revival in a Chinese Minority: The Bai People of Southwest China (Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series) by Liang, Yongjia (author.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book is based on anthropological fieldwork among the Bai, an ethnic minority with a population of two million in Dali, southwest China. It explores the religious and ethnic revival in the last two decades against a historical background. It explains why and how religions and ethnic identity are revived in contemporary China, with the revived analytical concept of "alterity", which suggests a world beyond here and now. The book focuses on the particular institutions and ritual technologies that seek for access to the invisible, transcendental other—both spatial and temporal. It covers a variety of topics, including pre-modern kingship, modern utopia, religious alterity, ethnic identity, religious associations, the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and temple restorations.

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Author

Liang, Yongjia (author.)

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415528504

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Religion